GILLESPIE, ROBERT MACGREGOR

 Person: id 42692
University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
GILLESPIE
Given name(s)
ROBERT MACGREGOR
Initials
R.M.
Gender
Male
Early education
GILLESPIE, R.M. : Melbourne Church of England Grammar SchoolGILLESPIE, R.M. : Scotch College
Tertiary education
GILLESPIE R.M. : Agricultural Science.B.Agr.Sc, University of Melbourne
Start date
1909
Military service
GILLESPIE R.M. : Military and health.Enlisted: Sergeant 17 Aug 1914
Survived
Died during WWI
Death
GILLESPIE R.M. : Death 25 Apr 1915 Killed in Action @ Anzac Landing : Gallipoli [ Turkey ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
GILLESPIE, ROBERT MACGREGOR. 1909.
M.C.E.G.S. and S.C.; B.Agr.Sc.; double blue (tennis and rowing); equal first in final honour list at Dookie Agric. Coll.
17.8.14, Sgt. 6th Btn.; sailed 19.10.14. Killed at the Anzac landing on 25th April 1915. His body was found during the armistice of 21st May and buried at Phillips' Top, near Anzac Cove.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1909
Discovering Anzacs
http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/205416
UniMelb Category
Fallen
 
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