GILLIES, Arthur - 4641

Original items held by the Army Museum of Western Australia

Pte Arthur Gillies

Conflict	World War 1
Service Arm	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	11th Infantry Battalion, 14th reinforcements
Service No.	4641
Service Arm	Army
Date of Birth	1875
Birthplace	Hunter River, NSW
Residence	Boulder, WA
Date of Death	16 Feb 1916
Relatives

Arthur is one of the invisible men of World War 1. He had no known family and gave a friend as next of kin on his enlistment papers. He was a 41 year old miner, working in Boulder, Western Australia before enlisting. After training at Blackboy Hill, he left Fremantle on the HMAT Miltiades on the 12th February 1916 as part of the 14th reinforcements for the 11th Battalion. He died of injuries four days later on the 16th February.
The diary of DAVIDSON, George Leslie - 8811 is the only place where we can read of the accident that caused his death and the ceremony that was held as his body was committed to the ocean. The following two pages are from the diary.

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