James Haxton Foster CHAMBERS

CHAMBERS, James Haxton Foster

    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, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Long Gully St. Matthews Anglican Church Honor Roll, Foster Christ Church Roll of Honor, Golden Square St. Mark's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34127, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic.
    11 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 34127, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    11 May 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 34127, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    16 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , France
    18 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 34127, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 34127 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-18
    18 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 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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    Biography contributed

    James Haxton Foster CHAMBERS was born in Foster, Victoria on 26th August, 1890

    His parents were Charles James CHAMBERS & Barbara Christina HAXTON

    He married Verna GENARDINI in Victoria in 1917

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