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GILCHRIST, Ebenezer
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2619 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 1 April 1928, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballandean Sons of the Empire |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2619, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2619, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2619, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 27 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2619, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to senility |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Ebenezer Gilchrist and Agnes Gilchrist nee McGregor of Scotland
Husband of Ellen Gilchrist of 'Cross Hill', Ballandean, Warwick, QLD later of Vale Street, Kelvin Grove, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard H.T.N.Z. Pakeha
Medal: British War Medal