James Haxton Foster CHAMBERS

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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, Picardie, France 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

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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