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Charles Eric Chambers

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Crown Studios, Auckland. Studio portrait of a soldier who is holding a swagger stick. Hat badge displays two crossed flags and fern wreath denoting a Specialist Unit, M.G. (Machine Gunner). Name from glass plate inscription: E. Chambers. See also 7003-058. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 7003-019. No known copyright restrictions

Crown Studios, Auckland. Studio portrait of a soldier who is holding a swagger stick. Hat badge disp …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Eric AWMM
  • Surname
    Chambers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 48766 AWMM
    • WWII 6538 AWMM
    • WWII 1/18/303 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1895 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Charles Chambers (father), Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM Electrical engineer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations

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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Annie and Charles (Senior) Chambers.

      The family resided in Birkenhead AWMM
    • The Family home was "Waldamere", Birkenhead, corner of Havelock and Marama (now 11 Maritime Terrace). Public - Peter - Researcher - 17 December 2018 - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18950307.2.57?items_per_page=10&query=waldamere+birkenhead&sort_by=byDA

      https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19351223.2.99?items_per_page=100&query=waldamere+birkenhead&sort_by=byDA
    • Charles birth ref 1896/1115. There are 3 generations of Charles Chambers - grandfather, father and Charles Eric. Charles Eric's parents were Annie Jane nee Buckland and Charles Chalmers, their marriage notice - Marriage Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 71, 25 March 1895, Page 4. CHAMBERS-BUCKLAND. On March 6, at St John the Baptist Church, Northcote, by the Rev. Canon Calder, Charles, eldest son of Charles Chambers, Esq.. of Birkenhead (recently of Moss Hall, Finchley, London, to Annie (Phyllis), only daughter of the late Thomas Buckland, of Ponsonby. Charles Eric's parents and grandparents are all buried in same plot at Pompallier Cemetery, top of Pupuke Rd, Glenfield, Anglican Section, Block B, Plot, 10. Public - Gina - Researcher - 10 July 2019 - Online Council cemetery records and Obituary for Charles Eric Chambers grandfather, Charles Chambers senior. Husband of Jane Eliza Chambers. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 227, 25 September 1899, Page 5. Mr Charles Chambers, senior died at his residence, Birkenhead, yesterday. The deceased was a native of England and has resided at Birkenhead for fifteen years.
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Birkenhead Roll of Honour, Birkenhead War Memorial Park AWMM

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Sources

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    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      67: 30 AWMM
    • Mickle, A. M. R. (n.d.) Mickle album. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-561. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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10 July 2019GinaMOUNT WELLINGTON, 1062, AUCKLANDResearcher
17 December 2018PeterBirkenhead, Auckland, NZResearcher

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