Eric Harding CHINNER

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CHINNER, Eric Harding

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Semaphore, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peterborough (Petersburg), South Australia, Australia, 15 January 1894
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot II. Row D. Grave 8. Inscription: MATCHLESS SON AND BROTHER EVER TENDERLY CHERISHED IN OUR HEARTS
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Peterborough Baptist Church Chinner Memorial Leadlight Window, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough War Memorial, Port Adelaide Orpheus Society Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Semaphore, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
5 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, To -- Officers School -- Zeitoun
21 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, On Command -- School of Insctruction -- Terdeghen
9 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Unit -- France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography

Previous service:
Senior Cadet - rank of Lieutenant
Citizen Forces - rank of Lieutenant
Two months at Duntroon
Three weeks at Randwick

In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Lt Chinner. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.

At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, 96 of the Australians, including Lt Chinner, had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers.

Medals:
1914-15 Star (24221); British War medal (24778); Victory medal (24611);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (355863).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 3/2/2015. Lest we forget.

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