CHAMBERS, John Cyril
| Service Number: | 327 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1991 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Self Inflicted Wound, Imperial Hotel, London, United Kingdom, 31 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery Grave 173 and 174. 9. INSCRIPTION THINK OF HIM AS THE SAME I SAY HE IS NOT DEAD HE IS JUST AWAY |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 327, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 327, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 25 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Jan 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-01-31 | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Recommended 18/6/1916 For showing coolness and courage on patrol, particularly in bombing an enemy patrol. On another occasion he bombed the enemy trenches while under MG and rifle fire |
Parents
John Cyril CHAMBERS was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1892
His father was Harry CHAMBERS
His mother was Sarah Ellen EARWAKER
Submitted 31 January 2015 by Elizabeth Allen
Headstone
John Cyril CHAMBERS
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24660187
Submitted 31 January 2015 by Elizabeth Allen
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of Harry and Sarah Ellen Chambers, of Wyaela, Crow's Nest, Queensland, Australia.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 31st January........Second Lieutenant John Cyril Chambers was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 1891. He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 15th February, 1915 as a 23 year old Farmer from Crow's Nest, Queensland.
According to information provided by his father - Private John Cyril Chambers was at Gallipoli from September, 1915 with his Battalion until the evacuation.
Private Chambers was returned to Alexandria then proceeded to & arrived in France on 19th March, 1916. He was recommended for the Military Medal on 18th June, 1916 for “showing coolness and courage on patrol, particularly in bombing an enemy patrol. In another occasion he bombed the enemy trenches while under machine gun rifle fire.”
Private Chambers was admitted to Hospital on 22nd June, 1916 (illness/disease) & rejoined his Battalion on 21st September, 1916.
Private John Cyril Chambers was appointed 2/Lieutenant on 25th January, 1917. He completed his Course of Instruction at Oxford on 26th January, 1917.
Second Lieutenant John Cyril Chambers died on 31st January, 1917 at Imperial Hotel, Southampton Row, London, England from wounds self-inflicted. (Note: Some forms in the service Record file of John Cyril Chambers record that he died on 26th January, 1917 from a gunshot wound to head – self inflicted) A Court of Enquiry was held on 4th February, 1917 & found he was “dead, with wound.” The Jury returned an open verdict.
Their full stories can be found here along with the other 18 WW1 Australians buried in All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green.
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/kensal-green--all-souls…
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