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GILVEAR, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2428 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kincardine, PerthShire, Scotland, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Near town of Dernancourt France, 28 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at the Dernancourt Communal Cemetary 500 metres NW of the town of Dernancourt France also was reported to have been buried in the Military Cemetry, Dernancourt Railway Line, but that his grave cannot now be found., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glass House Mountains RSL Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2428, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2428, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 2428, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2428 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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