John MACGILP

MACGILP, John

    Service Number: 440
    Enlisted: 28 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ardfern, near Lochgilphead Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1888
    Home Town: Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Craignish Public School, Argyll, Scotland
    Occupation: Farm Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorial reference: 18., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 440, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 440, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 440, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 440, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the left leg Exact date of wounding is uncertain but it was between 25-30 April 1915

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 26 and the son of Duncan Gregor and Katherine MacGilp, of Ardfern, Lochgilphead, Scotland.

     He is remembered on the Ardfern War Memorial which stands in front of Craignish Parish Church on the south side of the village. by the side of the B8002 which branches off the main A816 Oban-Lochgilphead Road, on the west coast of Argyll.The kirk was built in the 1730s. Craignish Old Parish Church is also known as Kilmory Chapel,

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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