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Hamilton George Gillanders

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 263 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 263 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hamilton George AWMM
  • Surname
    Gillanders AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    George Hamilton AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/802A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 June 1879 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre Dec 1914 AWMM Taueru, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    M.K. Gillanders (father), Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Dec 1914 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
    Trentham, Upper Hutt AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 11.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      163 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded Dardanelles, August 28 1915, gunshot wound to hand AWMM
    • Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of typhoid and pneumonia and also had a wounded hand AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Name recorded incorrectly as George Hamilton Gillanders on the Nominal Roll AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 September 1915 AWMM
    Cairo, Lower Egypt AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM D. 104. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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08 July 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
15 May 2015AllanRotoruaResearcher

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