Private Everet Gordon Kilmister

Service number	6518
Birth Date	1891-06-15
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Tenterfield
Death Date	1965-04-21
Death Place	Australia: New South Wales, Tamworth
Final Rank	Private
Unit	15th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Tamworth Tenterfield
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

Everet Gordon Kilmister was born at Tenterfield, New South Wales, on 15 June 1891, to parents Thomas and Elizabeth née Roper. He was the tenth child in a family of eleven children. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 10 May 1916. Prior to this, he was working as a grocer in Nimbin, New South Wales. He embarked at Brisbane with the 21st reinforcements of the 15th Battalion on 21 October 1916 aboard HMAT Boonah and continued to serve with this unit in France. He also played the E flat tuba in the 15th Battalion Band.

Kilmister returned to Australia aboard HMAT Beltana on 2 June 1919. He married Nola Allport at Murrurundi, New South Wales, in 1925. The couple had a son, Norman E. Kilmister, who died at Murrurundi in 1935. Everet Kilmister died at Tamworth on 21 April 1965.

Rolls

First World War Nominal Roll:

Unit

15th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private

Timeline

Date of birth	15 June 1891
Date of enlistment	10 May 1916
Date of embarkation	21 October 1916
Date returned to Australia	02 June 1919
Date of death	21 April 1965