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GILCHRIST, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 4790, Q123420 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1897, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Tiaro, Queensland, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Netherby, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Tiaro War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1897: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4790, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4790, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4790, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 26 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 14 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4790, 9th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 20 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4790, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Dec 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, Q123420 | |
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| 16 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q123420 | |
| 16 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 30 Apr 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q123420, 5th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Edward Arthur Gilchrist
Son of Edward Gilchrist and Mary Gilchrist nee Jorgensen of Neetherby, QLD. Brother of Henery Edward Gilchrist who returned to Australia on 8 September 1919 having served with the 9th Battalion
On 15 December 1920 Arthur married Jeannie Smith Tosh in QLD
Commenced return to Australia 6 June 1918 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on the 31 July 1918 at Melbourne for overland travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal