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GILCHRIST, Joseph Hume Balfour
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 16186 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 December 1917, Enlisted t Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, September 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Service held on the 23 September 1974. Ashes are in the Banksia Section, Wall D, Grave 434 in perpetuity for all time. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 16186, 4th Motor Transport Company, Enlisted t Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Mar 1918: | Involvement 16186, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Embarked 16186, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 29 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 16186, 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Duncan James Watson Gilchrist and Alice Annie Maude Gilchrist nee English of 'Stanhope', 26 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
During 1925 Joseph married Irene Janet Tulip in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 9 January 1920 aboard Megantic disembarking on the 20 February 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Caders and the Citizen Military Forces