| 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. |