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Robert GILL

Regimental number2033
Place of birthBuckley, Victoria
SchoolState School, Buckley, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressQueen's Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 10"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinPatrick Gill, Collins Street, Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 September 1915
Place of enlistmentGeelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 37), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Mary GILL. Native of Buckley, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 326 Pte Thomas James GILL, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 24 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 18 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 23 March 1916.

Taken on strength of 29th Bn, Brighton Beach, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 19 July 1916; admitted to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, 20 July 1916 (gun shot wound, chest).

Died of wounds, 1430 hours, 20 July 1916.

Buried Bailleul Cemetery, by Reverend B. D. Collingwood, 20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GILL Robert
Red Cross file 1160808

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