Melville John PILGRIM

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PILGRIM, Melville John

Service Number:	4654
Enlisted:	6 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laura, South Australia , 6 October 1892
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Stone Hut Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium , 9 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 27th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4654, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4654, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
9 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4654, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4654 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-09

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Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School

Melville John Pilgrim was born in 1892 in Laura South Australia and lived in Solomon Town, Port Pirie with his mother Clara Eliza Pilgrim. He went to Stone Hut Public School and grew up to be a salesman but left for the Great War on the 6th of september 1915 at age 22 and 11 months.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a Sergeant in the 27th infantry battalion. He then departed from Aeneas Adelaide on the 11th of April 1916 with the 12th reinforcements to fight in the third battle of Ypres in Belgium with the service number 4654.

While in Belgium he was promoted to Lance Sergeant on the 29th of September 1917 during the Third battle of Ypres. Melville Pilgrim was killed in action in Belgium on the 9th of October at 25 years old. His will was read and checked on the 12th of December 1917 with his mother and witness A.T. Malley 2nd lieutenantz, who was also in the 27th Battilion.

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