CHIVERS, William
| Service Number: | 52260 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 14 July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 20 May 1987, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-16NW. 65. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 52260, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements | |
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| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 52260, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 52260, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 52260, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, 6th MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger who served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
36 years ago today, on the 22nd May 1987, Private William Joseph Thomas Chivers, Headquarters, Australian Base Depot (Reg No-52260), sailor from 30 William Street, Launceston, Tasmania and Cricket Grounds, Launceston, Tasmania (1926) and 259 Riley Street, Surry Hills, N.S.W. and Grey Street, Wickham, N.S.W? and Wallsend, N.S.W?, father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 88. PRESBYTERIAN-16NW. 65.
Born at Zeehan, Tasmania on the 14th July 1898 or 14th February 1898 to Edward WC and Eva May Chivers nee Easterbrook; husband of Margaret McIntyre Chivers nee Moon or Mackie (married 1940, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 26.8.1950, age 71, of Grey Street, Wickham, N.S.W., sleeping at PRESBYTERIAN-16NW. 61), William enlisted on the 10th December 1917 with the 1st Tasmanian Reinforcements at Claremont, Tasmania.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMATA14 Euripides on the 1st May 1918.
Admitted to ship's hospital 29.6.1918 (not clearly stated), 4.7.1918 (not stated).
Mr. Chivers’s name has probably been inscribed on a Tasmanian War Memorial or Rolls of Honour.
I located William resting in an unmarked grave, so May 2016 a placed a cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states DECEASED, no date.
Not officially commemorated.
William shall receive a Plaque courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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