Horace CHAMBERLAIN

CHAMBERLAIN, Horace

Service Number: 1827
Enlisted: 10 April 1916
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Castle Gresley, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, 1889
Home Town: Woodbridge, Kingborough, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Minister of religion
Died: Wounds, France, 30 March 1918
Cemetery: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1
Grave: VI A 5 Inscription - REDEEMED THANK GOD HE DID HIS DUTY
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World War 1 Service

10 Apr 1916: Enlisted
8 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 1827, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 1827, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart
30 Mar 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-03-30

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He is also honoured on the Moira War Memorial; Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Swadlincote and forms part of the boundary with Derbyshire. 

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 28 and the son of James and R. Chamberlain of 3, Newfield Rd., Moira, Burton-on-Trent, England.

Births Sep 1889   Chamberlain Horace Burton 6b 372.


He is honoured on the Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe War Memorial which  is to be found in Donisthorpe in North West Leicestershire. The memorial itself takes the form of a gateway with the inscriptions on each of the pillars of the gateway.