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William Robert GILLIGAN

Regimental number14573
Place of birthQueenscliff, Victoria
SchoolState School and School of Mines, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPrinter
AddressAlfredton, Ballarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, J H Gilligan, Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military service30th Australian Army Medical Corps; Served as Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Army Medical Corps, July 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/99/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Ambulance
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 13), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Rebecca GILLIGAN, Gladstone Street, Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria. Native of Queenscliff, Victoria

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