Neil GILLIES

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Service Number:	306
Enlisted:	14 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Christian Brother Catholic School
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 306, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 306, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 306, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was 14 Cook Road, Sydney, NSW

Son of Neil and Maria Josephine Gillies of West Maitland, NSW

Husband of Catherine Clare Gillies later known Catherine Clare Sparkes of 265 Underwood Street, Paddington, NSW then of Woollahra, NSW

Father of Douglas Neil Gillies and Patricia Clare Gillies

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the NSW Bushmans Contingent in South Africa 1900-1901. Member of the Waldron Scouts

Apprenticed to Maitland Mercury newspaper for 5 years