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GILLESPIE, Eric Walter

Service Number:	38
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Bowen, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Nanango, Queensland, Australia, 22 June 1886
Home Town:	Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 8 February 1969, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Monumental Section 01.17.02, Grave 2942
Memorials:	Proserpine Whitsunday Uniting Church WWI Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 38, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Bowen, Qld.
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 38, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 38, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joshua GILLESPIE and Sarah nee TRAINER