SHILLITO, Donald Robert
| Service Number: | 1175 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballan, Victoria,Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Steels Creek, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 35 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Ground Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Yarra Glen & District Honour Roll, Yarra Glen Avenue of Honour Monument, Yarra Glen War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1175, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1175, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Mary Shillito of Steel's Creek, Victoria, Brother of Christina (nee Shillito) Millar of Albert Park, Victoria
SHILLITO.- In loving memory of our dear son, Donald Robert (Don) Shillito, killed in action between 25th and 28th April, 1915, at Gallipoli, aged 23 years.
He never shunned his country's call,
But gladly gave his life, his all;
He died the helpless to defend,
An Australian soldier's noble end.
-(Inserted by his loving mother and father, Thomas and Mary Shillito.)
SHILLITO.- In loving memory of our dear brother Donald Robert (Don) Shillito, killed in action between 25th and 28th April, 1915, at Gallipoli.
"When duty called, he failed not."
Oh, God, grant us the victory that so good and
noble a life has not been given in vain.
-(Inserted by his loving sisters, Christina Millar and Eva F. Shillito.)
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