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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM KEITH GILLIES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

8th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY

I. O. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Alice Gillies, of H.M.S. Customs, Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription LEAD KINDLY LIGHT AMIDST THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM LEAD THOU US ON
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Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 573
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