GILLON, Percival Harold
| Service Number: | 15838 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Newtown, Tasmania, Australia, 29 September 1887 |
| Home Town: | Berriedale, Glenorchy, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15838, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 17 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private |
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Date of enlistment 01 November 1917
Place of enlistment Claremont, Tasmania
Date returned to Australia 26 July 1919
Served with Australian Mounted Divisional Train and Army Service Corps
Age at embarkation 30
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Ormonde on 2 March 1918
Next of kin:Wife, Harriet Eliza Gillon, Berriedale, Tasmania.
Previous military service:
Served in AIF for 192 days; discharged (medically unfit), 21 December 1916; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of being medically unfit. Also served in Home service.
Discharge date
17 November 1919
Other details
War service: embarked Melbourne, 7 March 1918; disembarked Suez, 4 April 1918.
Marched in to Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Moascar, 9 June 1918.
Taken on strength, 35th Company, AASC, Tripoli, Syria, 26 August 1918.
Marched in to AASC Training Unit, Moascar, from Tripoli, 17 March 1919.
Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 28 March 1919 (soft sore); transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 29 March 1919; discharged to Moascar, 19 April 1919.
Admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 8 May 1919 (disordered action of the heart); discharged, 12 May 1919; rejoined unit, 13 May 1919.
Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 24 May 1919 (debility); discharged, 16 July 1919.
Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Burma', 26 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 29 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Hobart, 17 November 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Medals stamps marked 'Returned 29.3.24'.