CHALKER, Lloyd
| Service Number: | VX36824 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1940, Shepparton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, 21 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Japan, 13 June 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery H. D. 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX36824, Shepparton, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX36824 | |
| 13 Jun 1945: | Involvement Gunner, VX36824, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Lloyd Samuel CHALKER was born in 1919 in Shepparton, Victoria
His parents were Samuel CHALKER and Gladys Ann HOWELL
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IN MEMORIAM - Shepparton Advertiser
In loving memory of our dear son & grandson, VX36824, Gunner Lloyd Chalker who died of illness in POW camp, Japan , 13th June, 1945
"A precious one from us has gone - a voice we loved is still
A place is vacant in our hearts -which never can be filled"
Inserted by his loving Mother & Grandmother, Mrs. W. Howell, Mason St. Shepparton
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"God watched you as you suffered - he knew you had your share,
He glady closed your eyes, and took you in his care
Inserted by Auntie May, Uncle Tom, cousins Kath, Jack & Kevin Connors, East Brunswick.
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In loving memory of Gnr. Lloyd Chalker, died June 13, 1945
"Not a day do we forget you - in our hearts you are always near
God alone knows how we miss you - as it dawns the second sad year"
"Deep in my heart your memory is kept - I loved you too dearly to ever forget"
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