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GILLIES, William Keith
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7073 |
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Enlisted: | 3 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 8th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Fort St PS & Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Electrical Junior NSWGR |
Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 19 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 9 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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1 Apr 1916: | Involvement 7073, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
1 Apr 1916: | Embarked 7073, 2nd Field Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Sydney | |
19 Oct 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 8th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-19 |
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