Hurtle Oliver CHESSON

Badge Number: S6550, Sub Branch: State
S6550

CHESSON, Hurtle Oliver

Service Number: 3786
Enlisted: 1 September 1916, 9th Reinforcements 32nd Battalion
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born: Brinkworth, South Australia, 23 October 1892
Home Town: Kensington, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Conductor
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 17 May 1952, aged 59 years
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Section: KO, Road: 16, Site No: 53
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World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3786, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements 32nd Battalion
21 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3786, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3786, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3786, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, "The Last Hundred Days"

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Wife, Mrs Ivy Chesson, Budge Street, Kensington, South Australia