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GILCHRIST, Oscar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6101 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Sanitary Section |
| Born: | Price, South Australia, 24 June 1886 |
| Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6101, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlisted at Keswick, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 6101, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 6101, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 25 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Sanitary Section, From 2nd Australian General Hospital | |
| 23 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Sanitary Section | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 6101, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
| 6 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6101, 5th Sanitary Section, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Oscar Oswald Gilchrist
Son of Charles Edward Gilchrist and Mary Ann Gilchrist nee Wenham of Gordon Street, Glanville, SA. Brother of Anna Emaline Gilchrist and step brother of Edward Chapman Gilchrist
Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas as nursing staff disembaking on the 12 July 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1969 he applied to join the Newcastle RSL Sub Branch. At the time he was residing at 14 Watson Street, Long Jetty, NSW