Gill, Frederick W.

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Frederick “William” Gill

Frederick “William” Gill was born December 31,1917 in Port Chester New York to Frederick and Adele Baumann Gill. He was raised and educated in Port Chester and in Rye his family lived at 43 Adelaide Street.

William enlisted in 1940 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served with the armed forces for five years, of which three were spent overseas.

He was the recipient of several awards, among which was the Air Medal.

Soldiers Produce Musical Show While Fighting in South Pacific
U. S. Army Base in South Pacific. In The Villain meets the Gal a musical show on the recently taken New Georgia Island. The gal is Sergt. William Gill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gill, 43 Adelaide Street, Rye, while staring her in the eye is Sergt. Graydon Houghton of Brattleboro, Vt. In a letter received this week by his parents, Sergt. Gill said the show was called Munda Follies and toured the outlying islands for two weeks. It was presented before the casts own company on New Years Eve. Sergt. Gill has been in the service three years and overseas for the past eighteen months. He left from Greenwich with a National Guard unit under the command of Col. George Hill.
Rye Chronicle Friday, January 21, 1944

After the war, William married Bette Smart in the fall of 1949. At the time they were both employed at S-M News Service in NY City.

The couple would move to Baldwin, NY and raise a family.

Frederick “William” Gill died April 2, 1995.