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Town of Claremont Museum > Records

GILLIES LORRIE IN ARMY UNIFORM

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1915

Overview

Sepia print of studio portrait of Lorrie Gillies in World War I uniform, mounted in an oval frame. He is facing the camera wearing slouch hat with chin strap and tunic with pockets and rising sun emblems on the collar. His trousers are caught into leather leggings and boots and he holds a whip in his right hand. In the background are studio props of a pillar and bookcase.

Historical information

Cornelius Stanley Lorraine Gillies was born in Melbourne in 1893 and moved to Claremont when he was about 9 years old with his father, William - a monumental mason - and his mother Elizabeth Gillies (nee Pendleberry). At age 22, Lorrie, as he was commonly known, enlisted as Lawrence Gillies (7159) 13th Field Company Engineers. On his retrurn to WA, he and a fellow AIF soldier, Harry Wales, established the Returned Soldiers' Monumental Works at Karrakatta and worked building war memorials throughout the state. He married Ivy Gunn of Cottesloe.

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cwa-org-28--14-61-

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Sunday, 8 February, 2026

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