GILCHRIST, George
(Service number 6/4040)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 11 May 1895 | Place of Birth | Lawrence |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Railway engineer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | G. B. GILCHRIST (father), Roxburgh, Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Machine Gun Corps | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 June 1966 | Age | 71 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Fairlie Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
George Gilchrist was born on 11 May 1895 at Lawrence, the eldest son of George Bowton and Annie (née George) Gilchrist. He was educated at the Roxburgh School. On 7 April 1920 he married Helen Mary Roberts at St Mary's Church, Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 April 2017]; Fairlie Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch cemetery records) [28 April 2017]
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