Alexander GILCHRIST

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Service Number:	4117
Enlisted:	12 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Campbelltown, Scotland, 1876
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Presbyterian Section 6E, Zone A, Grave 313
Memorials:

12 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4117, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4117, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4117, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
9 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4117, 17th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on 14 November 1916
23 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4117, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

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Address at the time of enlistment was 7 Day Street, Sydney, NSW

Son of Annie Lang of Long Row, Campbelltown, Argyllshire, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Littleton disembarking on the 15 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal