George Dunn CHAMBERS

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CHAMBERS, George Dunn

Service Number:	SX16935
Enlisted:	20 October 1941, Whyalla, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lyons Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada, 7 June 1914
Home Town:	Whyalla (Formerly Hummock's Hill), Whyalla, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, ( Ball Mill Operator Blast Furance Camp, Whyalla, South Australia)
Died:	Killed in Action (Battle of Buna–Gona), Papua New Guinea, 26 December 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 3, Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea. Initially buried in Buna, Papua New Guinea, map reference, Buna-284549 on 2nd January 1943. Location of original grave lost.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1941:	Involvement Private, SX16935, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Whyalla, SA
20 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX16935, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

George Dunn Chambers was the son of Howard Chambers (1883-1962) and Elizabeth Mary (Beer) Chambers 1885-1968), of Westville, Nova Scotia, Canada. George was the brother of Annie, Catherine, Lorraine, and Fred. His father served during WWI enlisting at Pictou, NS with the 193th Battalion and serving in the No. 6 Detachment Canadian Military Police Corps.

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