GILSON, Victor George
| Service Number: | 773 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber's Assisstant |
| Died: | Killed in action, Messines, Belgium., 7 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Junction Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 773, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 773, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Victor George GILSON was born in Teralba in 1894 and joined the Permanent Way Branch of the NSWGR in Newcastle in 1911 as a ‘plumbers’ boy’. In 1914 he was promoted to be a ‘plumbers’ improver’. In March 1916 he enlisted in the AIF in Newcastle.
He was killed in action at Messines, Belgium, on 7 July 1917.
Submitted 25 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Victor George GILSON (Service Number 733) was born in Teralba in 1894. He joined the Permanent Way Branch of the NSW Government Railways in Newcastle in 1911 as a ‘plumbers’ boy’. In 1914 he was promoted to be a ‘plumbers’ improver’.
In March 1916 he enlisted in the AIF in Newcastle.
He was allotted to the 36th Battalion. He embarked from Sydney in May 1916 and went to England, landing there in July. he continued to France in November 1916.
He was killed in action at Messines, Belgium, on 7th July 1917.
He was buried ‘on the hedge about 100 yards SSW of Middle Farm, and 100 yards W of road, just NW of Messines’, and subsequently reburied in Messines Ridge British Cemetery, 5¾ miles south of Ypres.
- based on notes for the Great Sydey Central Station Honour Board