Victor Leopold CHEGWIDDEN

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CHEGWIDDEN, Victor Leopold

Service Number:	Not issued
Enlisted:	20 July 1915, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Hospital Transport Corps
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Albert Park Grammar School, Melbourne
Occupation:	Chemist Assistant
Died:	Illness, France, 6 February 1917
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot 21 Row D Grave 3A
Memorials:	Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Perth, WA
18 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
6 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, Not issued, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Hospital Transport Australian Army Medical Corps awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-06

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Biography contributed

Victor Leopold CHEGWIDDEN was born in South Melbourne in 1887

His parents were Francis Peter CHEGWIDDEN & Caroline Anne EDWARDS

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His brother Francis William CHEGWIDDEN (SN 7426) served during WW1 in the Army Medical Corps and returned to Australia in 1919

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