Frank Gilroy

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 17 September 1892, Bluff, Southland, New Zealand
  • Died 14 October 1974 Bluff
  • Last rank Sergeant
  • Service number 8/379
  • Served In 8th Southland Regiment, 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment, Otago Infantry Battalion
  • Next of Kin Mr Thomas Gilroy (father), Bluff
  • Pre-war occupation Storeman, NZ Loan & Mercantile, Bluff
  • ReligionRoman Catholic
  • Enlisted15 August 1914, Otago
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 05 or HMNZT 09 Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay, departed 16 October 1914, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, disembarked 3 December, 1914, Suez, Egypt.
  • Theatres of operationGallipoli 1915, Egyptian 1915-16, Egyptian E.F. 1916 and Western European 1916
  • Periods of service90 days in New Zealand and two years 240 days overseas in Egypt, Gallipoli and Western Europe. Total service of two years and 330 days.
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard SS Athenic, 5 April 1917
  • Discharged10 July 1917, no longer physically fit for war service due to wounds received in action (shrapnel wound in back), France, 18 September 1916.
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Profile photo credit: Otago Witness 11 October 1916