Kenneth GILVEAR

GILVEAR, Kenneth

Service Number: 65
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Machine Gun Company
Born: Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, 15 February 1891
Home Town: Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Ploughman
Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension
Row A, Grave No 13. RED CROSS - Site Eye Witness Account: "Gilvear was killed by shell in a building at Sailly le Sec while we were holding the line; 5 killed one wounded. We got them all out and buried them at Bonnay in Military Cemetery"., Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Fairymead Sugar Company WW1 Honour Roll, Glass House Mountains RSL Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

5 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 65, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 65, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Borda, Sydney
15 Apr 1918: Involvement Corporal, 65, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 65 awm_unit: 11th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-15

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