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Robert Gillies

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772638
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
June 4th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Etaples Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - XXV.F.I.
Commemorated at: 
Ancient Order of Foresters, Massey-Harris Memorial Plaque (Toronto), Steel Company of Canada
Birth country: 
Scotland
Birth county: 
Fife
Birth city: 
Methil
Address at enlistment: 
19 Glanville Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
19 Glanville Avenue, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Machinist
Employer: 
Steel Co. of Canada
Religious denominations: 
Other
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
36
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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot wound right Chest and Back) at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital Etaples. 

BX May 16, 1917

To Mrs. Jane B. Gillies, 19 Glenville Avenue, came a fateful yellow messenger yesterday bearing the sad information that her husband, Pte. Robert Gillies had been admitted to the First Canadian General Hospital at Etaples on May 4 suffering from gunshot wounds in the chest and back. Private Gillies went overseas with the first overseas battalion of the 38th Dufferin Rifles and went across to France with the first draft as a stretcher-bearer. At the time of enlisting he was employed at the Steel works.

BX June 8, 1917

Died of Wounds

As a result of injuries to his chest and back, caused by a piece of shell, Private Robert Gillies, of this city has died in the Canadian General hospital at Etaples, France. His wife and four children survive him and are living at 19 Glanville Avenue. Private Gillies went overseas with the first overseas battalion from the 38th Dufferin Rifles. He formerly worked as a machinist at the Steel Company of Canada. The death occurred on June 4.

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