Ernest GILCHRIST

Ernest GILCHRIST Update Details

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Service Number:	2306
Enlisted:	20 October 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Born:	Liverpool, England, 2 May 1874
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 20 November 1924, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

20 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2306, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2306, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 2306, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
1 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, From Railway Unit AIF
7 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, In France
11 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2306, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of John Gilchrist and Maria Maud Turton of Liverpool, England

Husband of Maria Joan Gilchrist nee Woodward of Tribune Street, South Brisbane, QLD. Ernest and Maria were married on 15 July 1911 in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on the 19 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Garrsion Artillery and the Citizen Military Forces