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Horace CHAMBERLAIN

Regimental number1827
Place of birthCastle Gresley, Derbyshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMinister of religion
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, James Chamberlain, Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Place of death or woundingAbbeville, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and R. CHAMBERLAIN, 3 Newfield Road, Moira, Burton-on-Trent, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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