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Andrew Hardie GILCHRIST

Place of birthMelbourne Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
Address35 Hutcheson Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs E A Gilchrist, 35 Hutcheson Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Enlistment date22 April 1918
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 April 1918
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name10th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll10th General Service Reinforcements
FateReturned to Australia 4 January 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [2474] Lt Harold GILCHRIST, 6th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; Captain Robert Bruce GILCHRIST, 58th Bn, returned to Australia, 8 September 1918; 69032 Pte Arthur Alan GILCHRIST, 16th General (Victorian) Reinforcements, embarked 7 November 1918; ship recalled owing to cessation of hostilities.
Other details

Trained in Victoria; was en route to Europe when Peace was declared.

Medal: British War Medal

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