Andrew Bannockburn GILLESPIE

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GILLESPIE, Andrew Bannockburn

Service Number:	VX12419
Enlisted:	18 April 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 27 June 1914
Home Town:	Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Died of wounds, Crete, Greece, 21 May 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece Plot 1, Row A, Grave 16
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX12419
18 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX12419, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
21 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX12419, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Andrew Bannockburn GILLESPIE was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 27th June, 1914

His parents were James Peter GILLESPIE & Minnie DEWSTON who married in New Zealand on 5th November, 1903

He enlisted in Caulfield, Victoria on 18th April, 1940 with the 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion

Andrew died of wounds in Crete, Greece on 21st May, 1941 and is buried in the Suda Bay War Cemetery

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