Gerald Gleeson AYLIFFE

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AYLIFFE, Gerald Gleeson

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	28 February 1901
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Unley, South Australia, 27 October 1873
Home Town:	Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Unley & Sturt State Schools & T.C. Haywards Academy
Occupation:	District Clerk & Overseer
Died:	Illness, Kingscote, South Australia, 4 November 1948, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Kingscote Cemetery (Kangaroo Island), S.A.
Memorials:

Boer War Service

28 Feb 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, Officer, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gerald Gleeson AYLIFFE was born on 27th October, 1873 in Unley, South Australia

His parents were Geoffrey Hamilton AYLIFFE & Sarah Ann GLEESON who married in Kapunda, SA on 26th February, 1864

He was a Lieutenant in the 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen and was invalided back to Australia arriving on 23rd July, 1901

He married Agnes Marion JOHNS on 5th December, 1906 in Glenelg, SA

Gerald died on 4th November, 1948 in Kingscote, SA and is buried in the Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island

Medals: South Africa Medal with 2 clasps

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