GILLON, William
(Service number 62966)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 24/03/1882 | Place of Birth | Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Central Hotel, Ashburton | ||
| Occupation | Ploughman | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Robert GILLON (brother), Pot-office, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
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| Date | 21 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 June 1960 | Age | 78 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
William Gillon was born on 24 March 1882 in Scotland, at Dunlop, Ayrshire, the son of John and Jennett (Janet) Gillon. William was a scholar at home with parents, John Gillon and Janet née Hamilton, at Woodside Cottage, Kippen, Stirlingshire in 1891. There too were brothers Robert and James. By 1901 William was a servant ploughman at Brael Farm, Dunipace, Stirlingshire. William had come to New Zealand about 1907 and worked as a ploughman. On enlisting with the New Zealand Forces, he named his brother Robert Gillon, Post-office, Waimate, as next-of-kin. He embarked per the “Maunganui”, departing from Wellington on 21 November 1917 for Liverpool, England.
He embarked per the “Tahiti” at Liverpool on 3 December 1918 for the return to New Zealand, where he was one of about eighteen Waimate men expected mid-January 1919. William married Mary Bennett in 1922. He died on 8 June 1960 at Christchurch. His brother James also served with the New Zealand forces, also naming Robert as next-of-kin. Robert was listed on the Reserve Roll, a married man with two children.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 September 2021]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 7 January 1919 (Papers Past) [04 October 2020]; NZ Electoral Roll (ancestry.com.au) [04 September 2021]; 1891 & 1901 Scotland Census returns (ancestry.com.au) [May 2018; 3 September 2021]
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