CHILMAN, Richard Henry
| Service Number: | 279 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1916, Rockhampton |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, 2 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Allenstown State School, Rockhampton |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gracemere Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 279, 13th Machine Gun Company, Rockhampton | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 279, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 279, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 279, 13th Machine Gun Company, Battle of Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Richard Henry CHILMAN was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 2nd August, 1895
His parents were Charles Edwin CHILMAN and Ellen Jane TURNER
He had 2 years previous service with the Senior Cadets before he enlisted in Rockhampton on 10th March, 1916 & embarked with the 13th Machine Gun Company, 3rd Reinforcements on the HMAT Clan Macgillivray on 1st May, 1916
Richard was Killed in Action in France on 8th June, 1917 during the Battle of Messines - he has no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton -8th June, 1918 page 1
IN MEMORIAM
CHILMAN - In loving memory of our dear Brother, Richard Henry Chilman, 13th Machine Gun Company, Killed in Action, Messines, France, 8th June, 1917
"Only a grave of a hero, only a mound of earth
Far from the land of wattle, the place that gave him birth.
Somewhere in France he is lying, he answered his countries call
And died an Australian hero, fighting to save us all.
He sleeps on a bloodstained battlefield, our noble brothers so brave
No loving hands may place a wreath, upon his unknown grave.
But the hardest part is yet to come, when the warriors all return,
When we miss among the cheering crowd, the face of our dear Brother
Inserted by his loving brothers & sisters
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