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CHAFER, James Harrison Emptage
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 11676 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Nunawading, Whitehorse, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coachbuilder |
| Died: | Rosebud, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Gardenia area, Garden 1, Rose 019. Cremated remains interred on the 27 November 1970 and held perpetuity for all time Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Mitcham War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11676, 15th Army Service Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement 11676, 4th Motor Transport Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked 11676, 4th Motor Transport Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Motor Transport Company | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 11676, 3rd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the tiime of enlistment was given as Tunstall a small town of that name between 1886 and 1945 when it was renamed Nunawading
Son of William Edmondson Chafer and Emily Henrietta Chafer nee Emptage of Tunstall, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 29 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal