CHALMERS, Francis
| Service Number: | 4165 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Public School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ithaca War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4165, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4165, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4165, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 18 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In the field | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, In the field | |
| 14 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, In the field | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4165, Gunshot wound to the left hand and evacuated to England | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4165, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4165 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 16 years
Son of Frances and Martha Young Chalmers of Alice Street, West Paddington, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Kieran McCarthy
“Our Scottish Cousins”
The Ithaca War Memorial Centenary Project has already been very rewarding in breaking open the stories of the people named there and giving them and their families new life. The research has underscored a strong Scots demographic in Brisbane’s inner west in the late 1880’s/early1900’s.
How delighted we were to have Eric Scott of the local 1st Brisbane Boys Brigade include us in an act of commemoration with Tony Byrne and the lads of 25th Stirling (Dunblane) Boys Brigade who took a great interest in Sgt Francis Chalmers (9th Battalion), carpenter of Alice St, Paddington, who had been born in Beith, Ayrshire, in 1894 - a local lad to both communities.
The boys played at Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate on Tuesday 5th July 2022, commemorating their own local men and 12 of ours in a very kind gesture, which also took them out to Tyne Cot to remember Pvt Ernest Woodward (15th Battalion), a confectioner from Windsor Rd, Red Hill.
A big thank you then to Eric, Tony and the 25th Strirling (Dunblane)Boy’s Brigade
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