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George Gilmore Chambers

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Gilmore AWMM
  • Surname
    Chambers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 664 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 May 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Dunedin, New Zealand could also be Caversham, dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Charles Chambers, 16 Caversham Rise, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 664 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 2" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      144 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.
    Appointed Acting Corporal (unpaid), 9 April 1915.
    Wounded in action, 25 April 1915 (gun wound, neck, near spine); admitted to No 1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, 30 April 1915; transferred to Convalescent Camp, Helouan, 5 June 1915.
    Boarded at Grand Hotel, awaiting transport, 16 July 1915.
    Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Hororata', 29 July 1915; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 3 March 1916. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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