GALL, William Goldie
| Service Number: | 4890 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stratford, London E.15, England, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 16 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Grave IV. C. 16. Personal Inscription REMEMBERED ALWAYS WITH PRIDE AND LOVE, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4890, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4890, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 4890, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Margaret GALL
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Mother
Margaret Goldie Gall 1841–1881
Siblings
Charles Grant Gall 1876–1960
Hannah Craven Gall 1880–1902
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1873 GALL William Goldie W. Ham 4a 15.
Son of James and Margaret Goldie Gall.
In 1881 he is shown on the census as a 7 year old scholar in Church Street, Eastwood, Basford, Nottinghamshire.
1881 census
James Gall Head 37 Elgin, Scotland
Hannah H Goldis [sic] Sister In Law 45 Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Jane Goldis [sic]Sister In Law 46 Elgin, Scotland
James Gall Son 9 Highbury, Middlesex, England
William G Gall Son 7 Strafford, [sic] Essex, England
Margaret G Gall Daughter 6 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Charles G Gall Son 4 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Isabella G Gall Daughter 3 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Hannah G Gall Daughter 1 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Gordon E Gall Son 0 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England
Hannah Wagstaff Servant 22 Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England
Elizabeth Morris Servant 13 Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, England
Mary Ann Allcock Servant 35 Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England
His brother, Gordon became a Lieutenant in the Australian Army and survived the war.
Next of kin
Sister, Miss Margaret Goldie Gall, 163 Finborough Road, Earls Court, London SW10, England.
Enlistment date 12 September 1916
Age at embarkation 43- he embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917. 31st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
He is remembered on the Nottinghamshire North, South & East Virtual War Memorial.
Commemorated at this oak tree are Nottinghamshire Great War fatalities from outside the city of Nottingham whose names do not appear on any other memorials across the county.
The Major Oak is between 800 and 1000 years old and has local folklore associations with Robin Hood. Located in the middle of Sherwood Forest, the tree is one of Nottinghamshire's most famous landmarks. It appears there as a symbolic tribute to the county's Great War dead.
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