John Frederick GILL

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GILL, John Frederick

Service Number:	6
Enlisted:	14 October 1914, National Archives Australia- WW1 service record Attestation Papers.
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 6 March 1869
Home Town:	Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shire Clerk
Died:	30 November 1930, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot Portion 10-62-3 from Find A Grave records.
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Warrant Officer II, 6, Queensland Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, National Archives Australia- WW1 service record Attestation Papers.
18 May 1916:	Involvement 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
9 Jul 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia aboard Miltiades disembarking 4 July 1917, discharged 9 July 1917.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

John Frederick Gill served as a Lieutennant in the 41st Infantry Battalion in WW1, National Archives Australia WW1 service records Attestation Papers. He also previously served as Company Sergeant-Major (S.N. 6) with the Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War and was mentioned in C-in-C's despatches 31 Mar 1900, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

John Frederick Gill served as Company Sergeant-Major (S.N. 6) with the Queensland Imperial Bushmen in the South African (Boer) War and was mentioned in C-in-C's despatches 31 Mar 1900, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479. He also served as a Lieutennant in the 41st Infantry Battalion in WW1, National Archives Australia WW1 service records Attestation Papers.

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