GILZEAN, Robert
| Service Number: | 557 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1915, An original of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Napiershall Street Public School, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Pozieres, France, 27 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 37, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 557, 19th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 557, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 557, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert Gilzean was born and raised in Glasgow Scotland. He came out to Australia with his mother and four brothers and a sister in April 1912, when he was about 19 years of age. Apparently, his father had already emigrated to Sydney. His mum, Euphemia Gilzean died at sea aboard the ship two weeks before they landed. Robert enlisted in the 19th Battalion and served at Gallipoli from late August 1915.
He was wounded in action by shell fire at Pozieres on the 26 July 1916 and died in the 44th Casualty Clearing Station the next day, from shrapnel wounds.
His younger brother was serving with him, in the same unit, 2622 Pte. Alexander Findlater Gilzean, and he was killed in action the day before at Pozieres.
A third brother, 1954 John Findlater Gilzean 9th Battalion AIF, enlisted first, was also wounded at Pozieres and returned to Australia at the request of father, due to his two brothers both losing their lives.