GILLIES, John Munro
(Service number 8/212)
| First Rank | Private; Ships Quartermaster (Second Lieutenant) | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 16/10/1891 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ardwick Street, Gore; unknown | ||
| Occupation | Law Clerk for D.L. Popplewell, Gore | ||
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| Marital Status | Single; Married | ||
| Next of Kin | John C Gillies (Father), C/- Westport Coal Company,Timaru, Mrs M.K. Gillies,(Wife), c/- T.R. Ritchie,Levin & Co, Wellington | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body; New Zeland Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Battalion; Hedquarters, Ships Quartermaster | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914; 5 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay; Devon | ||
| Embarked From | Port Chalmers | Destination | Suez, Egypt; Devonport, England |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1914-16, Balkans (Gallipoli) 1915, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916-18, Western Europe 1916-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (February 2015)
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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