GULLAN, Robert McLaren
| Service Number: | 591 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 6 June 1873, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | The Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, 18 September 1944, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Winchelsea Residents of Winchelsea & District Roll of Honor, Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 591, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 591, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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GULLAN, Robert McLaren (1873-1944)
Robert Gullan was born on 6 June 1873, the sixth of nine children of Martin Kennedy Gullan and Margaret, nee Stirling, of Winchelsea. He was enrolled at Geelong College with his brother on 10 February 1885. He was in both the 1st Football XVIII and the 1st Rowing XI for five years from 1888-92.
In 1915, he married Lily, daughter of George and Rachael Humphreys and worked as an Engine Driver, before he enlisted (No. 591) as a Private in the AIF on 3 February 1916, aged 42. He embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916 for France with 37 Battalion (B Company), transferring to 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery on 5 August. He served in France until November 1917. He returned to Australia on HMT Durham Castle, embarking on 10 February 1918, and was discharged due to a rheumatic problem, and also on account of his age, on 19 June 1918.
He died in Geelong on 18 September 1944.
His brother, James Stirling Gullan (1870-1934), was also educated at Geelong College. He served in the the Anglo-South African War.
Source : The Geelong College - http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/GULLAN-Robert-McLaren-1873-1944.ashx?HL=gullan