Hugh GILCHRIST

Regimental number10/3562
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinWife, Mrs C G F Gilchrist, c/o E Charles, Hospital Road, Wellington
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 30 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 16), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr J.H. Gilchrist, Palmerston North; Wife: Clara G.F. Gilchrist, 257 Willis Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 18