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Colin Edmund Alleyne CHALMERS

Regimental number4922
Date of birth11 May 1892
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolPublic and private schools
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAccountant
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Chalmers, Bellerive, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceTasmanian Volunteer Corps
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialDerry House Cemetery No. 2 (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 22), Wytschaete, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edmund and Rosalie CHALMERS, Bellerive, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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