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GULLY, Richard

Service Numbers:	596, 5538, 5539
Enlisted:	10 November 1915, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Bryan, South Australia, Australia, 27 March 1882
Home Town:	Burra (SA), Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter and Guard
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, Australia, 13 March 1968, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Bute District Council WW1 Roll of Honor, Bute War Memorial Garden, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 596, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5538, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5539, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5539, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 5538, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James GULLY and Lucy nee SIMPSON