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CHANDLER, Charles Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1521 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beckenham, Kent, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Broome, Broome, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellingborugh Grammar School, Northampshire, England |
| Occupation: | Pearler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 61 Headstone inscription reads:Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1521, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1521, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1521, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
Son of Arthur and Louisa Chandler of Barnmead Road, Beckenham, Kent, England
Headstone inscription may be from a WW1 poem and a close translation would be: how sweet and honourable it is to die for one's country
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served with the London Territorials and the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
He had been employed as a draper prior to coming to Australia