GILCHRIST, Arthur Herbert
| Service Numbers: | 7863, V81836 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 16 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Improver (Engineering) |
| Died: | Cerebal Haemorrhage, Alfred Hospital, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 19 November 1944, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Block 1, Plot S, Row C, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7863, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 7 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 7863, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7863, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, 7863, Embarked at Melbourne | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 7863, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 7863, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Ambulance, From 1st Australia General Hospital | |
| 5 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7863, Gunshot wound to the chest | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, 7863, Gunshot wound to the chest | |
| 19 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Field Ambulance, From 2nd Field Ambulance | |
| 8 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Ambulance, From 16th Field Ambualnce |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement V81836 | |
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| 26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, V81836 | |
| 26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, V81836 | |
| 26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted V81836, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria Rank of Corporal | |
| 29 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Major, V81836, Enlisted at Melbourne |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Embarked Private, 7863, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 7863, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Gilchrist; husband of Lilian Dilena Gilchrist of Albert Park, Victoria
Also served in WW1
19 April 1919 - returned to Australia
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Gilchrist and Elizabeth Gilchrist nee Criss of 23 Boyd Street, Albert Park, Victoria
Returned to Australia on 7 June 1919 aboard HT Marathon
Medals WW1: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1927 Arthur married Lillian Delina Taylor in Victoria. Address when he enlistd for WW2 was given as 131 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, Victoria
WW2 Promotions
1 March 1941 - Warrant Officer
1 April 1941 - Lieutenent
Between 6 January 1943 and 27 September 1943 he held the ranks of Captain and Major in the Accounts/Pay Section
Died while serving
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 7863 & V81832 Major Arthur Herbert Gilchrist of Albert Park, Victoria, who prior to his enlistment for War Service on the 9th of June 1915 had been employed as an Improver engineer.
Arthur was allocated to reinforcements for the 1st Australian General Hospital 1st AIF, and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 11th of October. Having served in Egypt, Arthur was then shipped for England on the 14th of September 1916, and from England he embarked for France where he safely arrived on the 12th of October.
After having been disembarked, Arthur was marched out to ‘The Bullring’ at Etaples for his final phase of training before being officially taken on strength with the 2nd Field Ambulance on the 15th of November.
Arthur’s service in the trenches would be continuous until he was wounded by shrapnel to the chest and abdomen, and evacuated for hospitalization on the 30th of December.
Once his wounds were stabilized he was then sent back to England for further medical care on the 4th of January 1917 and was admitted into the 1st Southern General Hospital, where he would remain until he was discharged from hospital and was marched into camp at Perham Down.
Being deemed recovered from his wounds Arthur was sent to camp at Parkhouse, where he was briefly transferred over to the 16th Field Ambulance on the 19th of March, before being again transferred to the newly formed 67th Battalion, of what would have been the 6th Division 1st AIF.
This Brigade was broken up before ever seeing action, and its personnel were in the main returned to their original Units. Arthur returned to France on the 26th of November, and re-joined his unit in the field on the 8th of December.
Having returned to the trenches, Arthur’s service would be continuous until he was evacuated sick on the 3rd of October 1918, but by the 14th he had returned to his Unit in the field. Granted Leave to visit Rome in mid-November, after which Arthur was back with his Unit in France by Christmas Day 1918.
With the War now over, Arthur began his repatriation back to Australia, firstly by departing France bound for England on the 24th of February 1919, and after his arrival in England, he was reembarked for his return to Australia, departing on the 19th of April.
Having returned to Australia, Arthur received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 30th of July 1919.
With the outbreak of a Second World War, Arthur again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces on the 26th of October 1939, and was accepted for full-time duty with the Australian Army Pay Corps within Australia.
Whilst serving with the 3rd Military District Accounts office, Arthur received his commission as a Lieutenant on the 1st of April 1941, and again was further promoted, being made a Captain on the 6th of January 1943, having already been acting Temporary Major with his Unit in December 1942.
Evacuated to the Alfred Hospital, Victoria, due to sickness in November 1944, Arthur was still being hospitalized when his sudden death occurred on the 19th of November. Arthur was aged 47 at the time of his premature death, whilst still in the services of the Australian Military Forces.
Following his death Major Arthur Gilchrist, a wounded veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who had chosen to again service his country during a second world conflict, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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