GILLESPIE, Paul Evan

War
1st World War
Date of Birth
Date Attested
Attested at
Guelph, Ontario
Original Unit
9th Canadian Field Ambulance - Canadian Army Medical Corps
Regimental Number
529064
Rank
Private
Date of Death
Age at Death
19 years 8 months
Cemetery
Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery - Pas de Calais - France
Cenotaph
Wingham Cenotaph
Biographical Summary

DIVISIONAL UNIT:        3rd Canadian Infantry Division
                                             9th Infantry Brigade
                                             9th Canadian Field Ambulance
                                             Canadian Army Medical Corps
SERVICE NO:                   529064
RESIDENCE:                    Wingham – Ontario 
DATE OF BIRTH:            January 9, 1899
                                             Wingham – Turnberry Township – County of Huron - Ontario
DATE OF DEATH:           September 7, 1918               19 years     8 months
CEMETERY:                     Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery – Arras –
                                             Pas de Calais – France
                                             VII     F     18
PARENT:                           Mrs. Margaret Gillespie – Wingham – Ontario
Occupation:                        Banker (Dominion Bank)    Religion:     Presbyterian
Enlistment:                         Guelph – February 14, 1917 into Training Depot 1 of the Canadian Army Medical 
                                                                                           Corps.
Enlistment Age:                 18 years     2 months

Private Gillespie departed from Canada and on April 19, 1917 arrived in Liverpool.
Private Gillespie was one his way to France on May 27th, 1917. On June 8, he is posted to 9th Canadian Field Ambulance in the field. In September, he is back to the Canadian Army Medical Corps General Pool and is attached to the 9th Canadian Machine Gun Company on September 13, 1917. He then rejoins the 9th Canadian Field Ambulance on May 7, 1918.
On September 4th, the unit moved forward to establish a Main Dressing Station at Halle near Perrone.
The weather during the day had been pleasant.
There had been considerable heavy enemy shelling about the hospital during the night of September 6/7th.
Private Gillespie was performing his duties at No. 9 Canadian Field Ambulance located in Arras, when he was struck in the chest by the shrapnel of an enemy shell that fell and exploded next to where he was. He succumbed to his wounds immediately.