Corporal

Alexander Gilchrist

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Gilchrist, late of 5, Serpentine Avenue, Dunedin.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/645
Name:
Alexander Gilchrist
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Daniel Gilchrist, 36 Oxford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
36 Oxford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 2 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
15 September 1916
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
France
Alexander Gilchrist
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