John Kenneth Murray GILMOUR

Regimental number2/312
Date of birth8 August 1894
Place of birthHamilton, Waikato
ReligionProtestant
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o R S Gilmour, Hamilton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 9.5"
Next of kinFather, R S Gilmour, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unit15th Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 24 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBertrancourt Military Cemetery (Plot 2, Row B, Grave No 1), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert T. and Mary Agnes Gilmour, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked for Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 22 September 1915 (dysentery); transferred to England, 16 October 1915, and admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 23 October 1915. Taken on strength, NZ Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch, 13 January 1916. Marched out to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 6 July 1916. Taken on strength, NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp, 24 August 1916.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 2 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 January 1917.

Transferred to 15th Battery, in the field, 22 January 1917.

Relinquished rank of Temporary Corporal, 8 March 1917, on being admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance (mumps). Transferred same day to 7th General Hospital, St Omer; discharged to duty, 28 March 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 29 March 1917.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 29 March 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 12 September 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 2 October 1917.

Promoted Corporal, 29 March 1917.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 21 December 1917; Sergeant, 9 April 1918.

Wounded in action, 24 April 1918 (gun shot wound, head, fractured skull); admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, and died of wounds, 24 April 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805