Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

11/09/1918

Date of Discharge

18/10/1921

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

11/01/1887

Place of Birth

Camberwell, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Occupation

Accountant

Next of Kin

Phoebe Gillan (mother), Hawthorn, Victoria

Final Rank

Major

Final Unit

Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force

Gillan was an accountant who commenced with the Treasury Department in 1908 and transferred to Duntroon in 1915. Upon enlisting he was given the rank of Captain and served in Rabaul with the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force as paymaster. Gillan was promoted to Major in 1920 but, despite a bout of malaria, transferred to the Civil Administration in Rabaul before his appointment was terminated on 18 October 1921. He is recorded as being employed at Duntroon after the war, up until 1925. The four AWM photographs show Gillan during his time in Rabaul. He was living in Nunawading when he died on 31 July 1959.

Description - height 6 feet 1 inch, weight 138 pounds, chest 36-39 inches, fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair, Church of England.

Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
AWM Collections Record : H11504, H11507, H11508, A01795
Victorian Government probate records