GILLANDERS, Donald John
| Service Number: | 4002 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1916, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenross via Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, Cape Town, South Africa, 29 November 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woltemade Cemetery (Maitland), Cape Town 102a, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowenville & Irvingdale Roll of Honour, Dalby St. Thomas Presbyterian Church |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4002, 31st Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 8 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4002, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4002, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 29 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4002, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4002 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Donald John GILLANDERS was born in 1890 at Glenross, Armidale, New South Wales
His parents were John GILLANDERS & Mary CAMERON
He enlisted on 11th February, 1916 in Toowoomba, Queensland as a Private and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 8th June, 1916
He embarked from Brisbane with the 31st Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements on 21st October, 1916 on the ship HMAT Boonah & disembarked at Cape Town, South Africa on 25th November, 1916 due to illness & admitted to hospital
Donald died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis on 29th November, 1916 at the City Hospital in Cape Town - he was en route to serve overseas at the time
He is buried in the Wilfemade (Maitland Road) Cemetery in Cape Town, South Africa and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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