In Memory Of

GILLESPIE, PAUL ARCHIBALD

Service Details
Age:
 48
Date of Birth:
 1868-01-27
Rank:
 Major
Regiment:
 Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of Death:
 1916-03-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of bubonic plague
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WINBURG AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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.