Archie Archibald GILCHRIST

GILCHRIST, Archie Archibald

    Service Number: 3472
    Enlisted: 24 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Stawell, 1889
    Home Town: Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tool Sharpener
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria
    Buried of 12 December 1968. Section Mon P7, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: Loved brother of Dorothy, William & Glenister. Lest we forget
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1
    11 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3472, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    11 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3472, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    20 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3472, 5th Infantry Battalion, Slight
    11 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Archibald Gilchrist and Matilda Ann Gilchrist nee Davidson of Wood Street, Stawell, Victoria. Brother of Dorothy, William, Glenister and James Wallis Gilchrist. James is buried in the Bezentin-Le-Petit Military Cemetery, Row D, Grave 32

    Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Aheatitis

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Biography

    Brother KIA 21/2/1917 6266 PTE James Wallace Gilchrist

    Returned to Australia 27 September 1917

    Archie was a former member of the Stawell Fire Brigade joining 6/08/1912

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