John Gordon GILCHRIST

GILCHRIST, John Gordon

    Service Number: 4337
    Enlisted: 13 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Army Medical Corps (AIF)
    Born: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1881
    Home Town: Mount Magnet, Mount Magnet, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engineer
    Died: Perth, Western Australia, 17 February 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    GA Section, Grave 0218. Internment number K0072656 which expired on 2 July 2012
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4337, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Blackboy Hill, WA
    1 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 4337, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    1 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 4337, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
    1 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 4337, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    1 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 4337, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
    13 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Army Medical Corps (AIF), At Dartsford, England
    17 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4337, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Alexander and Minnie Gilchrist of Sydney NSW

    Husband of Jane Smythe B. Gichrist nee Beresford of Trafalgar, WA. John and Jane married in Boudler, WA during 1907c. At the time of his death he was residing in Nedlands, WA

    Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sadinia disembarking on the 16 Decembr 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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