Ronald Charles GILLHAM

GILLHAM, Ronald Charles

Service Number: 1046
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 District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee Methodist Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1046, 12th Light Horse Regiment
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

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Biography 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.