Richard GILCHRIST

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Service Number:	1331
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Braehead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1893
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1331, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1331, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1331, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
7 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1331, Bomb wounds to the arm and leg. Transferred to HS Wiltshire for Australia
20 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1331, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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At the time of enlistment he was living in Toowoomba, QLD

Son of William Gilchrist of Braehead, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 30 August 1918 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 3 October 1918 as invalid

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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