James Todd CHAMBERS

Regimental number5822
Place of birthWoodend, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStorekeeper
AddressWest Guildford, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Next of kinWife, Mrs Iris Chambers, Perth Road, West Guildford, Western Australia
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 13 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 25.3.16, TOS, 28th Btn 26.3.17, wounded Lagnicourt 26.3.17, gassed 29.10.17
FateDied of wounds 15 November 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death43
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row AA, Grave No. 2A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal