Service Details
Name:
 GILLESPIE
Given Name:
 PAUL ARCHIBALD
Initials:
 P A
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Royal Army Medical Corps
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Date of Death:
 1916-03-23
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Date of Birth:
 1868-01-27
Age:
 48
Cause of Death:
 Died of bubonic plague
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Malcolm Gillespie. Husband of Johanna Sophia Elizabeth Gillespie. Born Sunderland. Educated Cannington Public School, Jarvis Street C.I., Toronto; Medicine 1887-91, M.B.; Practicing at Penetanguishene and later at Winburg, South Africa; Served in South African War; md. Jane Satchwell. In 1914 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, and served in the German West Africa campaign. When an outbreak of bubonic plague occurred he volunteered his assistance, and took charge till he contracted the disease himself and died at Winburg. Originally was caught up in diamond fever, but did serve twice in the military in South Africa. Family from Cannington, Ontario. One of three sons who were doctors, and part of a large family of a Scottish couple from the Isle of Islay, Argyleshire, Scotland.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 WINBURG AREA CEMETERY ?
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