GILLELAND, James Robert
| Service Number: | NX143791 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1942, Port Moresby, Papua |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 25 November 1913 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 5 February 1943, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A1 B 8 |
| Memorials: | Armidale Teachers' College WW2 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, NX143791 | |
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| 24 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, NX143791, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Port Moresby, Papua |
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Son of John Thomas Gilleland and Margaret Mary Gilleland; husband of Winifred Edith Gilleland, of Hurstville, New South Wales.
"LORD OF LIFE, BE HIS THY CROWN - LIFE FOR EVERMORE"
Word has been received of the death, from illness, in New Guinea on February 5, of Capt. J. R. (Jim) Gilleland. He was for about five years in charge of the school in Backmede (Casino district) and was a well known athlete. As a representative footballer he was well known throughput the North Coast.
Captain James R. Gilleland, of Moya Crescent, Kingsgrove, died of illness in New Guinea oh February 5. The deceased, who was 29 years of age, leaves his wife — a daughter - of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence, of Neirbo Ave. Hurstville — and an infant son, aged three weeks. The late Captain Gilleland was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gilleland, of Oatley, who also have a son, Jack, serving with the A.I.F., and another, Bill, who is with the R.A.A.F.
Brother of Jack, Bill, Connie, Winifred, Dorothy and Pattie.