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CHALMERS, Archibald Chesterman

Service Numbers:	345, V363316
Enlisted:	8 February 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	21st (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Mysia, Victoria, Australia, 12 April 1889
Home Town:	Mysia, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Mysia State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Natural causes, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1970, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Deniliquin General Cemetery
Memorials:	Deniliquin War Memorial, Mysia State School No 1899 Honor Roll , Wanganella & District War Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 345, 22nd Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 345, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 345, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
9 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Machine Gun Company
13 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Machine Gun Company
23 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Zonnebeke, Belgium on 6 October 1917 and in answer to an S.O.S. call he moved his eight machine guns forward over marshy ground and through persistent heavy shelling, which caused continuous casualties. Though he had been buried and severely shaken, and with more than 50 percent of his personnel killed or wounded, he kept his gunns firing until the situation cleared.
7 Feb 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
30 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

World War 2 Service

1 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V363316
17 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V363316, 21st (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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