Joseph Walter GILCHRIST

GILCHRIST, Joseph Walter

Service Number: QX12291
Enlisted: 11 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Born: Maryborough, Qld., 3 January 1916
Home Town: Wietalaba, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Timber Getter
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 30 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Gympie WW2, Imbil War Memorial, Kandanga Cemetery Memorial, Tiaro War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Trooper, QX12291
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12291, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Rockhampton, Qld.
30 Dec 1942: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph Walter and Irene Gilchrist, of Valley, Queensland.

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE

GILCHRIST.— In proud and loving memory of our dear Son and Brother, QX12291, Tpr. J. W. Gilchrist, 2/7 Cav., A.I.F., returned, killed in action in the
battle of Sanananda, 30/12/1042. 
No one he loved was by his side
To hear his last faint sigh;
Or whisper Just one loving word,
Before he closed his eyes.
Inserted by his mother and family.