Roy William CHAMBERS

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1890
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 March 1944, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Captain, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Captain, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

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Roy was the son of William Chambers and Mary Ann Chambers nee Callaghan.

World War 1 Service 19 Oct 1914

Embarked Captain, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

5.5.1915: Served in Gallipoli

6.2.1916: Mentioned in Despatches

17.1.1917: Promoted to Major

12.6.1917: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

23.10.1917: Served in France

18.1.1920: Discharged

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

In 1917 in London Roy married Staff Nurse Maud Isobel Baker.