Walter Edward GILLETT MiD

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GILLETT, Walter Edward

Service Number:	2416
Enlisted:	6 March 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Burford, England, February 1974
Home Town:	South Kalamunda, Kalamunda, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Natural causes, Perth, Western Australia, 26 April 1957
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Kalamunda District Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

6 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2416, Perth, Western Australia
20 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2416, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle
20 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2416, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
30 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Division Headquarters, Traffic control
30 Jan 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Meritorious Service Medal 'For continued devotion to duty. this N.C.O. as clerk in the DAPM's office, has rendered most faithful and excellent service. During the period September 17th until December 31st, 1918 he has worked very long hours cheerfully and has been in a large measure responsible for the efficient manner in which matters emanating from this office have been dealt with.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 113 Date: 6 October 1919
4 Jul 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Division Headquarters
16 Oct 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2416, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Family notes:

When Walter Edward Gillett was born in 1874 in Witney, Oxfordshire, his father, Frederick Gillett (1841-1881), was 33 and his mother, Emily (nee Baughen, 1843-1895), was 31. He had one daughter (Phyllis May Gillett) born in 1901- with his wife Leila Rose Ada Gillett. He died on 26 April 1957 in Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 83.

This is part of a letter from 1916 - Pte Francis Evans, July 16 1916, Blackboy Hill WA (letter to his mother);

"Father said that you wanted to know the names of some of my friends, I haven't any very special ones however I get on alright with most of the fellows, however Private W.E. Gillett is my best friend here, he is a little man and a gentleman." (Francis/Ken Evans was KIA 13/10/1917 Zonnebeke Farm, Belgium) This is probably a fair indication that Walter was a good man.

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