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GILCHRIST, James Wallace
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6266 |
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Enlisted: | 15 May 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 February 1917 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stawell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6266, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat | |
11 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6266, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
11 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6266, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Matilda Gilchrist of Moonlight Street, Stawell, Victoria; brother of Archie Archibald Gilchrist who returned to Australia on 27 September 1917 having served in the 5th Battalion, Robert Hector Gilchrist, Dorothy Gilchrist and William Gilchrist,
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal