John William GILL

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GILL, John William

Service Number:	214
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, South Australia, 11 September, 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	London, England, 7 September 1884
Home Town:	Inglewood, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Hill 60, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 August 1915, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Houghton War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 214, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, South Australia, 11 September, 1914
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 214, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 214, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Modbury High School

Gill was born in London, England in the United Kingdom. Before the war, John William Gill worked as a gardener. He was married to Marie Louisa Martha Gill and was a member of the Church of England. In Australia, before the war, he lived in Inglewood, Adelaide Hills.

He enlisted at Morphett Ville in South Australia aged 30 as a Sergeant in the 9th Light Horse Regiment B Squadron on the 11th of September in 1914. His service number was 214. Unfortunately, John William Gill was killed on Hill 60 in Gallipoli, Dardanelles Turkey on the 29th of August 1915.

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