John Eustace CHALMERS MID

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Service Number:	280
Enlisted:	30 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Diamond Setter
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, September 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Date of burial was 6 September 1950. Church of England Section, Compartment L, Section 15, Grave 02
Memorials:

30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 280, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Mar 1916:	Involvement 280, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1916:	Embarked 280, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
1 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Promoted while serving in Egypt
16 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
3 Apr 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette No. 30746 on 14 June 1918; Commonwealth Gazette No. 173 on 7 November 1918.
1 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 280, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Discharged at 3rd Military District

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Son of John Chalmers and Sarah Chalmers nee Whitburne of Victoria

Husband of Laurie Marion Chalmers nee Galloway of 'Marathon', 20 Robe Street, St Kilda, Victoria. John and Laurie married in 1913c

Returned to Australia on 4 March 1919

Medals: Mentioned In Despatches, MSM, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

Commonwealth Gazette No. 33 on 1 April 1920