CHALMERS, Allan
| Service Number: | 217 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 217, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 217, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 217, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Allan Chalmers enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private A. Chalmers, single, care of Mrs J. G. Chalmers, Post office, Hope Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 24, it is noted he, like a number of the men, was seconded to the South African Police. He, however, appears to have joined the police on two occasions serving longer than other men, from 28 Apr 1900 to 9 Jun 1900 and 25 Jul 1900 to 2 Nov 1900. He served the full tour of the 1st QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged 23 Jan 1901.
Given that he gave N.O.K. contact details on enlistment as being in Scotland, it is assumed he was born in Scotland on an as yet undetermined date. His discharge paper indicates his address post discharge was unknown in South Africa indicating he had returned to South Africa.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 453; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 24).
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