WW1 Service Australian Imperial Force Rank Coy Sgt Major
Studio portrait of 3037 Private (Pte) David Francis Gillespie, 10th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Parkville, Vic. Pte Gillespie enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. Before joining the AIF Pte Gillespie was a police constable. Before returning to Australia on 12 November 1915 he served as a company sergeant major.
He died at the No.11 Australian General Hospital Caulfield.
He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal & British War Medal.
His name is located at panel 167 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Mary (Gallagher) Gillespie & James Gillespie
Studio portrait of 3037 Private (Pte) David Francis Gillespie, 10th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Parkville, Vic. Pte Gillespie enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. Before joining the AIF Pte Gillespie was a police constable. Before returning to Australia on 12 November 1915 he served as a company sergeant major.
He died at the No.11 Australian General Hospital Caulfield.
He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal & British War Medal.
His name is located at panel 167 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Mary (Gallagher) Gillespie & James Gillespie
WW1 Service Australian Imperial Force Rank Coy Sgt Major
Studio portrait of 3037 Private (Pte) David Francis Gillespie, 10th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Parkville, Vic. Pte Gillespie enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. Before joining the AIF Pte Gillespie was a police constable. Before returning to Australia on 12 November 1915 he served as a company sergeant major.
He died at the No.11 Australian General Hospital Caulfield.
He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal & British War Medal.
His name is located at panel 167 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Mary (Gallagher) Gillespie & James Gillespie
Studio portrait of 3037 Private (Pte) David Francis Gillespie, 10th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, of Parkville, Vic. Pte Gillespie enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. Before joining the AIF Pte Gillespie was a police constable. Before returning to Australia on 12 November 1915 he served as a company sergeant major.
He died at the No.11 Australian General Hospital Caulfield.
He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal & British War Medal.
His name is located at panel 167 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Mary (Gallagher) Gillespie & James Gillespie
Inscription
In Loving Memory of My Dear Son
Sergt Major David Francis Gillespie
(59th Batt. A.I.F.) Who Died 27th March 1917
At Military Hospital Caulfield
From Wounds Receive at Armentieres France
Aged 29 Years. R.I.P.
Gravesite Details
R.C. F. 10. (GRM/3*).
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