Peter Paul Michael GILLEN

GILLEN, Peter Paul Michael

Service Number: SX11641
Enlisted: 5 March 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: Clare, South Australia, 29 July 1897
Home Town: Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Miss M.F. Tilbrooks School, St Josephs - Clare & Clare Primary school
Occupation: Stonemason & Storeman
Died: Illness, Sandakan, Borneo, 8 January 1945, aged 47 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan Memorial
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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World War 2 Service

5 Mar 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11641
5 Mar 1941: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
5 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11641, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
9 Apr 1942: Imprisoned
8 Jan 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11641, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), 4th Reserve, Motor Transport Co.

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Biography contributed

Peter Paul Michael GILLEN was born in Clare, South Australia on 29th July, 1897

His parents were Thomas Philip GILLEN & Theresa McGILLICK who married in St Michael & St Johns church in Terowie, SA on 10th October, 1894

He was taken as prisoner of war of the Japanese on 9th April, 1942 and died from Malaria in Sandakan Camp, Borneo on 8th January, 1945 - no known grave