Charles GILLMAN

GILLMAN, Charles

    Service Number: 547
    Enlisted: 27 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
    Schooling: Kings Street State School, West Melboune, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Accidental (Injuries), Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 December 1915
    Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
    Plot 1, Row C, Grave 42 Death due to premature explosion of a hand grenade in the trench while he was preparing to be thrown over to parapet , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 547, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 547, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 547, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Given name is Charles Hill Gillman

    Son of Francis Agra Gillmand and Mary Gillman nee Wood of 503 Crompton Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

    Next of kin given as his brother William John Gillman of the same address. Other siblings Catherine Fanny Gillman, Francis Henry Gillman, Ada Mary Gillman and James Arthur Gillman

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

    Also served in the Garrison Artillery, WA for about 3 years

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