George Richard Gill

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First Name:

George

Middle Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Gill

Mother's Name:

Mary Gill (nee Varley)

Father's Name:

John Gill

Date Enlisted:

Thursday, October 1, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Trooper

Rank at Discharge:

Trooper

Unit:

6th light horse

Company:

C sqn

Service:

Cavalry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, September 19, 1918

Place of Death:

Egypt

Cause of Death:

Illness

Details:

George Gill (Service No 412) was born in West Maitland, N.S.W. around 1889.

His family moved to the South Coast of N.S.W. and George attended Nowra Public School.

George enlisted at the age of 28 years when he was single and working as a butcher. George's father, his nominated next of kin, was stationed at Balgownie Police Station, near Wollongong, N.S.W. at this time.

George embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21st December 1914, with C Squadron, 6th Light Horse. He arrived on Gallipoli 13th July 1915 and served on the peninsula until the evacuation.

On 12 August 1918 George was admitted to hospital in Egypt. George died of heart failure at the hospital on 19th September 1918.

George is buried in Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Row E, Grave 5.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, GILL G R