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KILGOUR, John

Service Number:	3784
Enlisted:	24 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cordalba, Qld., 1894
Home Town:	Cordalba, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Cordalba War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3784, 15th Infantry Battalion
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3784, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3784, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Andrew and Mary Ann KILGOUR