GILLIN, William Martin
| Service Number: | 4442 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia., 1897 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds sustained in France, Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, St. Albans. Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 22 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery, England Grave Mil. L. I., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4442, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4442, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
22nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 21.
Deaths Sep 1916 Gillin William M 21 St. Alban's 3a 669
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 22nd August…… William Martin Gillin was born at Malmsbury, Victoria in 1897.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd February, 1916 as a 21 year old, single, Labourer from 35 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria.
Private William Martin Gillin, Service number 4442, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on RMS Orontes on 29th March, 1916 (date as per Embarkation Roll, however the Casualty Form – Active Service has date he embarked from Melbourne as 7th March, 1916) with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 10th April, 1916.
He proceeded from Alexandria on 30th May, 1916 on H.M.T. Tunisian to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 5th June, 1916. Private Gillin joined 22nd Battalion in France on 31st July, 1916 from Reinforcements.
On 6th August, 1916 Private William Martin Gillin was admitted to 44th Casualty Clearing Station with G.S.W. (gunshot wounds) – multiple. He was transferred to No. 13 General Hospital on 7th August, 1916 & embarked for England on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel from Boulogne, France on 9th August, 1916 with G.S.W Leg.
He was admitted to Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, England on 10th August, 1916 (date as per Casualty Form – Active Service, however the Hospital Admissions form has the date of admission to Hospital as 9th August, 1916) with fractured left Femur – wounded severe.
Private William Martin Gillin died on 22nd August, 1916 at Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, St. Albans, England from wounds received in action in France - G.S.W. Left Thigh, compound fracture of Femur, Secondary Haemorrhage, amputation of thigh & Shock. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “Secondary haemorrhage, taken to Theatre, amputation thigh upper third. Death from Shock.”
He was buried in Hatfield Road Cemetery, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Soldiers Corner) where 16 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/st-albans---hatfield-road.html
****NOTE: The year of death engraved on the CWGC headstone is incorrect. CWGC were advised August 2023 of the error.
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