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GILLESPIE, Roland Douglas
(Service number 3/2839)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	08/01/1883	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J. GILLESPIE (father), Gillespie's Line, Palmerston North
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	21st Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa or Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	12 February 1967	Age	80 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Memorial Reference	Block 081, Plot 081
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John & Ellen Elizabeth (nee CLEARY) GILLESPIE. Brother of Edgar Burns GILLESPIE who died of disease in 1918 in the UK. Brothers John Edward GILLESPIE & Joseph Francis GILLESPIE also served in WWI..

Sources

Cenotaph Database [16 October 2013]; PNCC headstone image & burial record Terrace End Cemetery [20 October 2013].

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