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Albert Vincent GILCHRIST

Regimental number3317
Place of birthSunbury, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressRiddell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Jno. Gilchrist, Main Street, Riddell, Victoria
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 June 1916
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
53
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Esther GILCHRIST, 193 Rathmines, Fairfield, Victoria

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