James Hynd CHALMERS

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Service Number:	1519
Enlisted:	8 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1885
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Dundee High School, Scotland
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Died of wounds - chest, At sea on board HS Soudan, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 33, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 1, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove

8 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1519, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1519, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1519, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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Arrived in Australia aged 30 years

Son of Margaret Chalmers of Newport, Fife, Scotland

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

Previously served with the Hong Kong Volunteers