Reginald Henry GILL MC

GILL, Reginald Henry

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Putney, South West London, 1883
Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling: Ovingdean and Worcester, England
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed In Action, Belgium, 28 September 1917
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
INSCRIPTION - SEMPER FIDELIS Grave XXIV. B. 20.
Memorials: Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Fremantle St John's Memorial Choir Vestry and Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1916: Involvement 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1916: Embarked 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
28 Sep 1917: Involvement Captain, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-09-28
Date unknown: Honoured Military Cross

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Although his attestaion paper states he was born in Putney, his birth registration was actually some miles distant in  St George Hanover Square which spans the boundaries of the counties of London and Middlesex.

Births Sep 1883 GILL Reginald Henry St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 438.

He was 35 and the son of George and Agnes Gill; husband of Laura J. Gill, of "Valala," Essex St., Fremantle, Western Australia

He appears to have had brothers serving with British forces:

Lt Col A.R.Gill

Capt G.T.Gill

Flt Cmdr D. Gill

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