Claude John GILCHRIST MM

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Service Number:	1358
Enlisted:	4 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narromine, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1358, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1358, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1358, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1358, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapne wound to the shoulder and invalided to Cairo
8 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1358, 1st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gunshot wound to the scalp
25 Apr 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations North East of Strazeele on 18 and 19 April 1918. London Gazette on 29 August 1918, page 10141, position 44 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 January 1919, page 2, position 23
16 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1358, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Evelidge Gilchrist and Mary Ellen Gilchrist of McLachlan Street East Orane, NSW

During 1923c Claude married Irene A. Paterson in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on the 3 May 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal