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CHAMBERS, James Haxton Foster
Personal Details
Service Number: | 34127 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, SN 34127, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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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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