John GILCHRIST

John GILCHRIST Update Details

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Service Number:	2430
Enlisted:	14 May 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Glenelg, South Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shopkeeper/Stone Paver
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

14 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2430, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 2430, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 2430, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
4 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Light Horse Regiment
25 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From 13th Light Horse Regiment
25 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2430, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gastritis and anaemia

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Son of Thomas Gilchrist and Mary Gilchrist nee Dawson formerly of Glenelg, SA

Address at the time of enlistment was 29 Davies Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Lena Trewin of Nathalia, Victoria

Husband of Irene Catherine Foster Gilchrist but were living apart

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal