Harry Gillon GAY

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Service Number:	310
Enlisted:	21 August 1914
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Glenferrie State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917
Cemetery:	Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Grave XI. F. 7. Inscription: "Until the Day Breaks"
Memorials:	Yackandandah Staghorn Flat State School Pictorial Honour Roll

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 310, 6th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 310, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 310, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
29 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, From Sergeant to Second Lieutenant
26 Oct 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-26

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He was 22 and the son of Jane Gay, of 90 Power St., Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, and the late Charles James Gay.