GILMOUR, William
| Service Number: | 1291 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Katamatite, Victoria, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Katamatite, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Wangaratta, Victoria, 1956 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1291, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 1 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1291, 39th Infantry Battalion |
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My mother's step uncle was nicknamed Hardy because his hat looked like Hardy from the comedians Laurel & Hardy. He married Isabella McDonald. They had no children. I remember him as a big man who drove his horse & red mail cart with royal mail in gold on the sides. He lived in Bridge Street Benalla where he stabled his black horse. He enjoyed a few beers at the Benalla Hotel whilst waiting for the next mail run. I understand that he enlisted as a 30 year old when he was in fact 40 years old. I remember visiting him with my family at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne shortly before he died at the age of 80 in 1956. - Anthony Williams
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