Ex Spink & Son (Australia) purchase 1979.
Robert Laing Gillespie, labour overseer and book keeper, age 27, born at Homebush, Sydney, NSW; Enl.04Aug1915 at Liverpool, NSW with previous service of 1 year in Sydney Scottish Rifles in 1907; Emb.25Oct1915 with 7LHR reinforcements; TOS MEF 28Dec1915; to hospital with mumps 11Feb1916; TOS 2LH Res Rgt 01Mar1916; TOS 10FAB from 2LHR 26Mar1916; to hospital with appendicitis 12Aug1916; to Bde 30Jul1917; to School of Instruction 23May1918; received Div Cmdr's congratulations on very satisfactory pass at Lewis Gunner's School 23Jun1918; WIA 30Jun1918 shrapnel to right thigh, France; RTA 12Jun1919; Disch.04Aug1919; WWII: Enl.30May1940 at Paddington, Sydney, NSW; Disch.14Dec1948 as Lance Sergeant ex 1 Movement Control Group.
With research.
($450-500)