CHAMBERLAIN, Harold
| Service Number: | 420 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1914, Helena Vale, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Gobarup (near Rushworth), Vic., 6 October 1889 |
| Home Town: | Helena Valley, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Trainer |
| Died: | WA, 6 November 1964, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor, Werribee St Thomas' Church of England Honor Board, Werribee State School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 420, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Helena Vale, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 420, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 420, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles CHAMBERLAIN and Catherine nee CARLE of Werribee, Vic.
Harold married Margaret Starkey at Perth in 1920, and returned to Werribee to farm.
A newspaper report in the local press described an accident that befell Harold Chamberlain of Duncan’s Road. He was critically injured while driving his jinker near Laverton. His wife and two children (Gwen 2½ & Erica 5 months) and mother in law Mrs Starkey were with him.
Werribee Shire Banner, 15 May 1924, p.7
A newspaper reported that ex-soldier and farmer Harold Herbert Chamberlain had spent 4 weeks in hospital, unconscious, after the accident. He then claimed £2,000 damages from the owner and driver of the car. The legal action was settled on 17 July 1925 when a jury awarded Harold £750. After the collision he had been thrown into the air, and landed head first on the motor car. Since the accident he was unable to work and was delusional.
Werribee Shire Banner, 16 July 1925, p.5
In the year before the accident it was claimed that he had cleared £350 from the sale of lucerne that he had grown on his farm.
Werribee Shire Banner, 17 July 1925, p.6.
In April 1926 Harold underwent a further operation to remove a fragment of bone from his skull. That was as a consequence to the collision in 1924.
Harold died in Western Australia in 1964, at the age of 75 years.