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GILLAM, Hubert Evelyn
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 655 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Cranbrook State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Survey hand |
| Died: | Wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 29 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 10., Lone Pine Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cranbrook War Memorial, Cranbrook War Memorial Wall, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper | |
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| 17 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 655, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: '' |
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| 17 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 655, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 655, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 655 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-29 | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 655, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Bomb wound to lung sustained during the attack on Hill 60. Evacuated to 16th CCS where he died of his wounds later the same day. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of John Pretivus Gillam and Florence Sarah Gillam.
His brother, Trooper Sydney Davenport Gillam, Service Number 618 aged 29 also fell with the 10th Australian Light Horse at Gallipoli and the brothers are commemorated together on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 10.
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