William Robert GILLIGAN

GILLIGAN, William Robert

Service Number: 14573
Enlisted: 12 July 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Field Ambulance
Born: Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town: Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria
Schooling: Queenscliff State School no. 2373, Ballarat School of Mines, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Printer
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 20 October 1917
Cemetery: Nine Elms British Cemetery
Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 13, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14573, Army Medical Corps (AIF)
7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 14573, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 14573, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
29 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Ambulance, France
28 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14573, 10th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, In the vicinity of Kandahar Farm ADS (near the village of Wulverghem, Belgium). Details not known (remained at duty).
18 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14573, 10th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, SW to abdomen. Sent to 44th CCS at Poperinghe, Belgium however died of his wounds on 20 October 1917.
20 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 14573, 10th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 14573 awm_unit: 10 Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-20

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