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Lionel Eric CHALMERS

Regimental number3467
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor mechanic
Address131 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Dorothy Amy Chalmers, 131 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name6th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/25/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll'K' Supply Column
FateDied of wounds 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBirr Crossroads Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No 16), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Catherine CHALMERS: husband of Ada Dorothy Woodford (formerly Chalmers), Greenbank Street, Marrickville, New South Wales. Native of Hobart, Tasmania

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