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CHAMBERS, John Wilkinson

Service Number:	1624
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 15 January 1896
Home Town:	Barham, Wakool, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 September 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koondrook War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1624, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1624, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
9 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 38th Battalion on arrival in France
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, Hit by HE artillery round on entering a captured German trench in the town of Peronne causing the mills bombs he was carrying to explode killing him instantly

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