James Robert CHAMBERS

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CHAMBERS, James Robert

Service Numbers:	121, 1756
Enlisted:	24 April 1902, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	8th Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Croydon State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Died of wounds - amputed left arm, At sea on board HS Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 July 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea Chaplain E. Teale officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 121, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
24 Apr 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 121, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld.

World War 1 Service

3 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1756, 301st Company Mechancial Transport
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 1756, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
30 May 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Australian Army Service Corps, This structure later spawned the Divisional Ammunition Columns, necessary to keep up the prodigious ammunition requirements. At Gallipoli there was little artillery consuming much less ammunition than was the case on the Western Front.
15 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1756, 8th Australian Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli, DoW

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert Chambers and Katherine Chambers nee McGrath of 59 Brighton Street, Richmond, Victoria.

Brother of Sydney Rupert Chambers who returned to Australia on 7 February 1919 having served with the 2nd Motor Transport Company, Catherine Ada Chambers, Dora Elizabeth Chambers, Robert Edward Chambers, Alfred Ernest Chambers and William Nelson Chambers who was killed in action on 2 June 1915 while serving with the 6th Battalion and was buried in the Shrapnel Gully Cemetery. Plot 11, Row D, Grave 16

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Boer War

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