. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. s his bent,and he proved him-self a teacher of thebest type, with high ideals of his some eight years he was second master atCults Public School, then filled a post at theTraining Institute, Morija, Basutoland, and laterwas Mathematical Master at the Boys HighSchool, Rondebosch, Capetown. Gillespie was a true pacifist, so sincere in hisdevotion to peace that he felt he must fight forher sake. In June 1916 he enlisted in the SouthAfrican Scottish and came home to completehis training. After some months in England hecrossed to France
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. s his bent,and he proved him-self a teacher of thebest type, with high ideals of his some eight years he was second master atCults Public School, then filled a post at theTraining Institute, Morija, Basutoland, and laterwas Mathematical Master at the Boys HighSchool, Rondebosch, Capetown. Gillespie was a true pacifist, so sincere in hisdevotion to peace that he felt he must fight forher sake. In June 1916 he enlisted in the SouthAfrican Scottish and came home to completehis training. After some months in England hecrossed to France in April 1917, and saw somekeen fighting with a Trench Mortar Battery inthe 9th Division, of which the South Africansformed a part. His CO. wrote : For theshort time he served in the Battery he mademany friends, and his loss will be deeply feltby all, not only as a friend but also as an excel-lent soldier. He was killed in action whileserving his guns near Meteren, west of Bailleul,12 July 1918, having seen only three months ofactive 92 IN MEMORIAM.
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