Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria |
School | State School, Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, John Henry Gatliff, 31 Normanby Avenue, Croxton, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in School Cadets as Colour Sergeant; 2Lt Field Artillery when war was declared. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Division Artillery |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Hellfire Corner, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 2), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 18 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Emma GATLIFF, 5 Fawkner Street, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: Major Vivian Harold GATLIFF DSO, 1st Division Artillery, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919; Captain Charles Edwin GATLIFF, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 9 August 1918; 35327 Driver Tom Walter GATLIFF, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919; 61609 Pte Wilfred Edgar GATLIFF, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919. |