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CHAMBERS, James Haxton Foster

Personal Details

Service Number:	34127
Enlisted:	1 November 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Foster, Victoria, Australia, 26 August 1890
Home Town:	Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	St Andrew's College, Bendigo, Victoria
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Hervilly, France, 18 September 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour, Long Gully St. Matthews Anglican Church

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World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, SN 34127, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic.
11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, SN 34127, Field Artillery Brigades
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, SN 34127, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
16 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , France
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement Gunner, SN 34127
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, SN 34127, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Mont St Quentin / Peronne, SW to chest (penetrating). Evacuated to 20th CCS however died of wounds same day.

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