GILL, John Frederick
Service Number: | 6 |
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Enlisted: | 14 October 1914, National Archives Australia- WW1 service record Attestation Papers. |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 6 March 1869 |
Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Shire Clerk |
Died: | 30 November 1930, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot Portion 10-62-3 from Find A Grave records. |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Warrant Officer II, 6, Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
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World War 1 Service
14 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, National Archives Australia- WW1 service record Attestation Papers. | |
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18 May 1916: | Involvement 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
18 May 1916: | Embarked 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
9 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia aboard Miltiades disembarking 4 July 1917, discharged 9 July 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
John Frederick Gill served as a Lieutennant in the 41st Infantry Battalion in WW1, National Archives Australia WW1 service records Attestation Papers. He also previously served as Company Sergeant-Major (S.N. 6) with the Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War and was mentioned in C-in-C's despatches 31 Mar 1900, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
John Frederick Gill served as Company Sergeant-Major (S.N. 6) with the Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War and was mentioned in C-in-C's despatches 31 Mar 1900, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479. He also served as a Lieutennant in the 41st Infantry Battalion in WW1, National Archives Australia WW1 service records Attestation Papers.