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GILCHRIST, Roy Nixson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 13178 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13178, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Driver, 13178, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Driver, 13178, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Division Supply Column , From Auxiliary Transport Companies. On 13 July 1917 requested that his rank be reverted to Private | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Motor Transport Company, From 2nd Divisional Supply Column | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 13178, 2nd Motor Transport Company, Wound to the left wrist | |
| 20 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Motor Transport Company | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 13178, 2nd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ferdinand Gilchrist and Martha Marion Gilchrist nee Garson of 609 Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
During 1923c Roy married Muriel Lyle Lowsby Kruger in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on the 29 Augusut 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal