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GILVEAR, Kenneth
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 65 |
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| 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 |
Service History
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: '' | |
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| 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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