Theophilus CHALONER

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Service Number:	5817
Enlisted:	26 May 1916, Albany, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, Warwickshire, UK, 1891
Home Town:	Tambellup, Broomehill-Tambellup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Blue Coat School, Birmingham, UK
Occupation:	Fireman (WA Railways)
Died:	Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 23
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tambellup War Memorial

26 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5817, 27th Infantry Battalion, Albany, WA
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5817, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5817, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5817, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5817, 27th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
24 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5817, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5817 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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