GILHAM, Albert William
| Service Number: | 5111 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, Prahran, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1986, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Western Cemetery, Victoria LAWN-03-194 |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll, Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5111, 21st Infantry Battalion, Prahran, Vic. | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5111, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5111, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Frederick GILHAM and Catherine Elizabeth GILHAM nee REEVE, Fyans Street, Marnockvale Geelong, Victoria
Husband of Bessie Alfreda Gertrude GILHAM nee WALLACE
After enlisting in February 1916, Albert embarked on 3 July 1916 arriving in Plymouth England on 2 September and was training in London until 13 December until he was proceeded to France and taken on strength to the 21st Battalion.
Albert was wounded by gun shot wound to the left thumb and 3rd finger on 13 March 1917 and subsequently transferred back to England on 21 March and later to Hammersmith Hospital in July 1917 to the orthopaedic unit. Later Albert was relocated to Hurdcott and Weymouth in England on 10 January 1918 his record shows that his thumb was ‘useless’ and it was determined to return Albert to Australia.
After his return, Albert has a record that he was Absent Without Leave for 1 and half hours from 10.30pm from Hospital on 20 June 1918 to which he was ‘admonished’.
Albert was finally discharged on 12 September 1918
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