Robert Louis GLEESON

Regimental number13/805
Addressc/o J Ball, Paengaroa
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Gleeson, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret Gleeson, 67 Boston Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, and the late Thomas Gleeson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third