Archie GILCHRIST

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Service Number:	782
Enlisted:	8 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Argyleshire, Scotland, 1890
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bus Conductor
Memorials:

8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 782, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 782, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 782, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 782, 31st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England from Boulonge on 24 July 1916
1 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In France
23 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From 31st Battalion
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 782, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Archie Gilchrist of Old Inn Machrianith, Campbelltown, Argyle, Scotland

Coommenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembakring on the 29 June 1919

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

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