CHALKER  S.A.

Given Names:  Samuel Alfred

               

Service Number:  2803

Unit:  5th Battalion, 9th reinforcements                                                                             

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  24 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Artesian Driller                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3½ In                  

Weight:  116 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  25/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Violet May Chalker

59 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  10/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Star of Victoria A16

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Karoola  

Embarked:  16/10/1916                             

Disembarked:  2/12/1916

Unit:  57th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  29/1/1917                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  96

British War Medal:  18928

Victory Medal:  18793

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Korumburra, Victoria                    

Father:  John CHALKER                          

Mother:  Elizabeth JAMES

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1915     

Place:             

Spouse: Violet May NISBET

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/8/1952                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 11/7/1916; gun shot wound, face

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary