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GILLIES, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2911 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916, Warnambool |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, High Wood, Flers, France, 30 October 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Semaphore Port Adelaide Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2911, 29th Infantry Battalion, Warnambool | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2911, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2911, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2911, 29th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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