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Donald William GILLIES

Regimental number5090
Place of birthThorrold Town near Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolWest Tamworth Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressFitzroy Street, West Tamworth, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, R H Gillies, Fitzroy Street, West Tamworth, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26.9
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot Xx, Row D, Grave No. 6), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret GILLIES, Denne Street, West Tamworth, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: John Leslie Gillies, killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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