GILCHRIST, Edward Chapman
Service Number: | 5367 |
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Enlisted: | 2 December 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Bakery and Butchery |
Born: | Edithburgh, South Australia, 22 November 1884 |
Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Adelaide School, Alberton, South Australia |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | South Australia, 23 June 1975, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia Plot 6953 Internment number 21661 |
Memorials: | Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
2 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5367, 1st Field Bakery and Butchery, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 5367, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 5367, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
14 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Field Bakery and Butchery, At Mudros | |
24 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 1st Field Bakery and Butchery, In France | |
28 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 5367, 1st Field Bakery and Butchery, Diischarged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Edward Gilchrist and Mary Ann Gilchrist nee Wilcox of Gordon Street, Glanville, SA
On 3 February 1919 Edward married Mary Victoria Berry in Christ Church, Yankalilla, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on the 19 December 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal