Joseph Hume Balfour GILCHRIST

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Service Number:	16186
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:

8 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 16186, 4th Motor Transport Company, Enlisted t Melbourne, Victoria
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

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