GILCHRIST, Ernest
Service Number: | 2306 |
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Enlisted: | 20 October 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company |
Born: | Liverpool, England, 2 May 1874 |
Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Guard |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 20 November 1924, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
20 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2306, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 2306, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 2306, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
1 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, From Railway Unit AIF | |
7 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, In France | |
11 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2306, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Gilchrist and Maria Maud Turton of Liverpool, England
Husband of Maria Joan Gilchrist nee Woodward of Tribune Street, South Brisbane, QLD. Ernest and Maria were married on 15 July 1911 in QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on the 19 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Garrsion Artillery and the Citizen Military Forces