Regimental number | 65 |
Place of birth | Perthshire, Scotland |
School | Public School, Scotland |
Age on arrival in Australia | 20 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Ploughman |
Address | Fairymead Sugar Co, Bundaberg, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, Thomas Gilvear, Glass House Mountains, North Coast Line, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 11 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/16/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Machine Gun Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Sailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension (Row A, Grave No. 13), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 176 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Christine GILVEAR, Glasshouse Mountains, North Coast Line, Queensland. Native of Scotland |
Family/military connections | Father: 2867 Pte Thomas GILVEAR, 4th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 15 September 1918; Brothers: 4496 Lance Corporal Alexander Smith GILVEAR, 9th Bn, killed in action, 7 May 1917; 66 Pte John GILVEAR, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 30 June 1918; 2428 Pte Robert GILVEAR, 47th Bn, killed in action, 28 March 1918; 6976 Pte Thomas GILVEAR, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |