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GILCHRIST, Neil Lister
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 53 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Campbelltown, Scotland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stonemason |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53, 1st Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 53, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 53, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Field Ambulance | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1, From 1st Field Ambulance | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Field Ambulance, From 2nd Auxiliary Hospital | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Field Ambulance, From 16th Field Ambulance | |
| 6 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53, 16th Field Ambulance, Gunshot wound to the face and transferred to England on the 8 August 1917 aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 12 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53, 1st Field Ambulance, Discharged in England as medically unfit for full service. Employed as an Australian Munition Workers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 'Bushy', New Street, Annandale, NSW. Husband of Janet Marsten Gibson Gilchrist nee Porteous. Neil and Janet were married on the 30 April 1918 at Boswell Cottage, Limefield Road, West Calder, England. John Swan officiated
Son of Lachlan Gilchrist and Bessie B. Gilchrist of West Cauldon, Midlothian, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal