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Henry Gillen

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Henry's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: M2/154567
  • Rank: Private
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 59th Mechanical Transport Company
  • Place of Death: British General Hospital, Basra, Iraq
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 18.06.1916
  • Burial Country: Iraq
  • Cemetery: Basra War Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: V.S.5.

Personal Information

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  • Place of Birth: Dundee
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  • Siblings:

    Mary Gillen 2 Canning St, Dundee

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Henry Gillen   M2/154567   Royal Army Service Corps

GILLEN―Died at British General Hospital, Basra, Mesopotamia, 154567 Driver Henry Gillen, Army Service Corps, aged 27 years – Inserted by his sorrowing sister, Mary Gillen.

Dundee People’s Journal 1st July 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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