Age 31. 20 Main Street, Auburn, MA. Born (as Victor Lester Gillies) on 5/24/1911, in Charlestown (Boston), MA. Died 11/29/1942 (Sunday), at 9:40 p.m., Boston City Hospital, of burns (death certificate). Machinist, woolen mill (death certificate). Was also known by the nickname "Zeke." Companion (or companions) if any at the club unknown. His remains were identified at Southern Mortuary, Boston. Was married but separated, wife former Anna J. Ahearn, age 29 (Born 11/08/1913. Died 12/29/1982, age 69. Last residence Dorchester, MA. Never remarried). Wife was not present. Married in 1932, in Boston. Was living with his wife in Boston as of 1935 street listings. Made news when he filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection in August 1939 (The Boston Herald, 8/08/1939: "Liabilities, $307; assets, none"). Couple were separated as of the 1940 federal census. Employment status: "not employed" as of his WWII draft registration, October '40. Survived by children Sharlene, age 10, and Victor, Jr., age 8. Address shown as "49 Wellington Street, Worcester, MA" (Florence Apartments), in published death notices, Auburn address above given on the final official November 1943 Boston Committee on Public Safety master casualties list. Solid build (WWII draft registration: 6' 0," 185 lbs.). Was the lone victim from the Worcester suburb of Auburn. Parents Mrs. Rose E. (Duff), of Roxbury (Boston), MA, and the late Mr. Thomas B. Gillies. Burial at Riverside Cemetery, North Reading, MA, the only Grove fatality interred in the Middlesex County town of North Reading. Gravestone, one of few that references the disaster, includes the wording: "Cocoanut Grove Fire Victim." Middle name Leslie.

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