GILL, Reginald Griffiths
Service Number: | QX7502 |
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Enlisted: | 21 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1 Corps of Signals |
Born: | Derby, Derbyshire, England, 17 November 1907 |
Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Government School in Derby, Derbyshire, England |
Occupation: | Cane Farmer |
Died: | Heart Attack, Julia Creek, Queensland, Australia, 1 March 1968, aged 60 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Cremated in Townsville and Ashes scattered at sea |
Memorials: | Tolga Rocky Creek War Memorial Park |
World War 2 Service
21 May 1940: | Involvement QX7502 | |
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21 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
21 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7502, 1 Corps of Signals | |
3 May 1944: | Discharged | |
3 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7502, 1 Corps of Signals |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard GILL and Jenn nee GRIFFITHS
Reg Gill emigrated to Innisfail, Queensland, Australia in 1928, and joined his two older brothers, sugar cane farming. He was a Signalman with the Australian Army during WWII and served in North Africa and New Guinea. He married his cousin-by-marriage Billie Clarson at Esk, Qld in Apr 1943. He retired from farming due to ill health in 1958. He died from a heart attack at Julia Creek, Qld, away from his home at Innisfail, Qld, and was cremated in Townsville, Queensland. His ashes were scattered at sea.