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GILLHAM, Ronald Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1046 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coachsmith |
| Died: | Hit By Shell, Barleaux, Perone, France, 31 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Assevillers New British Cemetery Grave XI. B. 6 INSCRIPTION TOO DEARLY LOVED IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Mudgee Anglican Parish of Mudgee Great War Honour Roll, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee Methodist Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1046, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1046, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1046, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement Driver, 1046, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1046 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-08-31 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His grave has recently been found-he was previously commemorated as missing on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
He was 24 and the son of Charles and Blanche Gillham, of Horatio St., Mudgee, New South Wales.
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