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GILCHRIST, Daniel Stewart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2415 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Portobello, Scotland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Station Master |
| Died: | Northam, Western Australia, 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2415, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2415, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gunshot wound to the leg and invalided to England | |
| 3 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 44 Lindsay Street, Perth, WA
Son of Thomas Gilchrist of Cladwak Farm, Portobello, Scotland
During 1929 Daniel married Edith May Froud in Perth, WA. Edith died in 1989
Commenced return to Australia on the 2 January 1919 aboard Karmala disembarking on the 8 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal