GILMOUR, Dalrymple
| Service Number: | 2648 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Galston Public School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Plot V, Row E, Grave 6 Headstone Inscription "MOURNED BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST" [The same Personal Inscription was selected for the wargrave of his brother who fell at Gallipoli.], Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2648, 30th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2648, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2648, 8th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2648 awm_unit: 8th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and a son of Joseph [1856–1923] and Annie Bowman Gilmour [1854–1926], of 56, Brewland St., Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland. Dalrymple and his brotherJoseph are remembered on the family grave at Galston Cemetery and on the Galston War Memorial.
Galston (Lowland Scots: Gauston, Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Gall) is a municipality in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside 4 miles up-river from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns.
Siblings
Elizabeth Gilmour - unknown–1970
Annie Bowman Gilmour -1895–1935
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