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CHATFIELD, Bernard William

Service Number:	2798
Enlisted:	3 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 24 February 1897
Home Town:	Serpentine, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Georges Public, Blackburn, England
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Serpentine WWI Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2798, 11th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2798, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2798, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2798, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2798 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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