Hugh Oswald GILLIES

Regimental number13/3095
Place of birthBulls, Wanganui
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, H Gillies, Box 32, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Horse Transports, 10th Reinforcements Details, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waihora on 22 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Lucy Gillies, 'Edinkillie Park', Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 23, p. 5

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