William Peter MCGILL

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MCGILL, William Peter

Service Number:	1122
Enlisted:	14 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leith, Scotland, 1889
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Leith Cooper Street School, Scotland
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 September 1915
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 8 Rev. W. J.Stevens officiated Headstone inscription reads: He gave his all, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1122, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA

World War 1 Service

29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1122, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1122, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

William was 27 and the son of the late Peter Robertson McGill and Elizabeth (Tod) McGill of 15 Bridge Street, Kirkcudbright. He enlisted in January 1915 and was posted to the 28th Battalion sailing from Freemantle in June 1915. He landed with his battalion at Gallipoli in early September but was killed two weeks later and buried at Chailak Dere. William was re-interred after the war.

He is remembered on the Kirkcudbright war memorials-the one which stands outside MacLellans castle, Kirkcudbright and on the St. Cuthbert's Church Memorial in Kirkcudbright.

Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Arrived in Australia aged 23 years

Son of Peter Robertson McGill and Elizabeth McGill of 15 Bridge Street, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

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

Served an apprenticeship with Crane & Co. for 5 years

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