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John Thomas GILL

Regimental number2237
Place of birthSydney Flat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Sydney Flat, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTobacco worker
AddressElsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ann Gill, 12 Downshire Road, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
72
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Ann GILL, 237 Belle Vue road, Golden Square, Victoria. Native of Sydney Flat
Family/military connectionsNil

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