CHAMBERS F.

Given Names:  Frederick Arthur

Service Number:  295

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  63750

Age:  20 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Brass Finisher                                                                                            

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  161 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Esther Ann Morris

107 Packingham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Hacking                                   

Embarked:  3/12/1918                               

Disembarked:  27/1/1919

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  21/6/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  5947

British War Medal:  1528

Victory Medal:  1527

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/9/1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Alfred CHAMBERS                     

Mother:  Esther Ann MORRIS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:             

Spouse: Winifred Janet FISHER

DEATH

Date or Year: 11/9/1954                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 9/8/1918; gun shot wound, chest

Suffered trench fever Oct 1916

Military Medal; recommendation 10/6/1916 for conspicuous services rendered - serving in the Machine Gun Section at Gallipoli, almost continually in the trenches and no matter how heavy the bombardment was always at his post ready to repel an attack.

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Kew RSL

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V8023                                         

Date Enlisted:  5/7/1940                                          

Date Discharged:  21/1/1947

COMMENTS

His death (at 61 years of age) was accepted by the Repatriation Department as due to war service

FURTHER INFORMATION

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