Alexander Gillan

1883-1973

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37582

Born in New Zealand

15 July 1883

Parents

Mother

Mary Ann Gillan

Father

Thomas Gillan

Residence

Hometown

Awharoa

Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Rising Sun Gold Mining Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Mary Ann Gillan

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 89

14 April 1973

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 22/0044676, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

Anthony Byledbal, “Alexander Gillan (1883-1973)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/312