GILDERSLEEVES, Horace
| Service Number: | 1148 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | James St Public School, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 4 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot II, Row E, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1148, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1148, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1148, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace GILDERSLEEVES was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1890
His parents were William GILDERSLEEVES & Fanny GARNHAM who married in England in 1874 (registered in Ipswich, UK) His father used the surname GILDER when he married
He enlisted on 13th February, 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Wandilla on 6th June 1916 with the 3rd Pioneers Battalion, D Company
Horace was Killed in Action in Messines, Belgium on 4th June 1917 and is buried in the Strand Military Cemetery
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IN MEMORIAM
GILDERSLEEVES - In loving memory of Private Horace Gildersleeves, 3rd Pioneers, killed in action in France on June 4, 1917
"Dearly loved and sadly missed - His duty nobly done"\
Inserted by his loving parents & sisters
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