GILMOUR, Joseph
| Service Number: | 629 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Galstson, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Galston Public School, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row D, Grave 1 Headstone inscription reads: Mourned by those who loved him best [The same Personal Inscription was selected for the wargrave of his brother who fell in Belgium.] |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 629, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 629, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 629, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 629, Wounded at the Dardenelles |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Joseph was employed as a temporary yard labourer at Newcastle in 1914. He enlisted at Randwick on 27th August 1914, stating his birthplace as Galston, Scotland and giving his age as 28 years.
He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 4th July 1915.
Submitted 25 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2nd Bn.
He was 29 and a son of Joseph [1856–1923] and Annie Bowman Gilmour [1854–1926], of 56, Brewland St., Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland. Joseph and his brother are remembered on the family grave at Galston Cemetery.
They are also honoured on the Galston War Memorial.
Galston (Lowland Scots: Gauston, Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Gall) is a municipality in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside 4 miles up-river from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns.
Siblings
Elizabeth Gilmour - unknown–1970
Annie Bowman Gilmour -1895–1935
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 24 years
Son of Joseph and Annie Bowman Gilmour of 56 Brewland Street, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland; brother of Dalrymple Gilmour who was killed in action in France on 4 October 1917 while serving with the 8th Machine Gun Corps
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Joseph GILMOUR (Service Number 629) was employed as a temporary railway yard labourer at Newcastle in 1914. He enlisted at Randwick on 27th August 1914, stating his birthplace as Galston, Scotland and giving his age as 28 years, thus indicating that he had been born in 1886. Both the AWM and National Archives refer to him as having lived at Newcastle before enlistment. He was allotted to the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion. Joseph was unmarried and gave his father who still lived in Scotland as his next of kin. He had served for eight years in the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
He left Australia aboard HMAT ‘Suffolk’ on 18th October 1914 and reached Egypt on 8th December. From Egypt he was transferred to Gallipoli.
Hewas wounded on 20th May 1915. He was transferred to the hospital ship ‘Galeka’ and then ‘Franconia’ and recovered sufficiently to return to the battlefield. He was killed in action on 4th July 1915.
He was buried in Browns Dip Northern Cemetery, Gallipoli 500 yards south of Anzac Cove.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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