CHALMERS, Colin Edmund Alleyne
Service Number: | 4922 |
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Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 20 May 1882 |
Home Town: | Bellerive, Clarence, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Derry House Cemetery No.2 Plot I, Row B, Grave 22 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Church of St Martins (Essex), Clarence Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4922, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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18 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4922, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
18 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4922, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
19 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
28 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
28 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
born at St Georges, Hobart
Father Edmund Alleyne Chalmers and Mother Rosalie Chalmers (nee Walker), of Bellerive, Tasmania.
Siblings:
Henry Edgar Chalmers (b. 01/07/1878 in Brighton, TAS - d. 28/04/1880 TAS)
Clare Alleyne Chalmers (b. 30/07/1880 in Hobart, TAS)
Allan Alleyne Chalmers (b. 31/12/1883 in Hobart, TAS)
Elayne Mary Chalmers (b. 27/05/1886 in Hobart, TAS - d. 21/09/1962 in Hobart, TAS)
Jean Alleyne Chalmers (b. 21/07/1891 in Hobart, TAS - d. 26/12/1977 in Hobart, TAS)
Arabella Alleyne (d. 1762) did marry the Rev. James Chalmers, Rector of Little Waltham (and the Alleynes of Hatfield Peverel and Little Leighs did historically own property in Little Waltham)
Described on enlisting as 33 years 3 months of age; single; 6' tall; 146 lbs;
fresh complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair; Church of England
23/08/1915 enlisted at Holdsworthy, NSW
12/01/1916 appointed to 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremount Camp, Tasmania
18/02/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne onboard A70 Ballarat
as a Private with the 15th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion
19/04/1916 promoted Lance Corporal
taken on strength of 52nd Infantry Battalion, Serapeum - serving in Egypt
21/04/1916 transferred to the 52nd Infantry Battalion
05/06/1916 proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
embarked onboard HMAT Ivernia
12/06/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
20/06/1916 attached to 27th Australian ASC
28/09/1916 promoted to Corporal
Chalmers re-joined the 52nd, before being transferred in November 1916 to the UK (Balliol College, Oxford) for officer training
28/03/1917 promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
posted to General Infantry reinforcements, England
17/04/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Tidsworth
19/04/1917 marched into Etaples, France
20/04/1917 taken on strength 52nd Infantry Battalion
20/04/1917 taken on the strength of the 52nd Battalion again
07/06/1917 killed in action
his body being found on the 23/07/1917, when the 11th Royal Warwickshire
Regiment took over some trenches
his body was buried in
Gun Farm Cemetery No. 2, 4 miles SE of Wytschaete, ¾ miles N of Messines
buried in: Derry House Cemetery No. 2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Plot I, Row B, Grave 22
His name is commemorated on panel at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
His name is also commemorated on the WWI Honour Board at the Church of St Martins,
Essex, England.
Medals: British War medal (32423), Victory medal (32195),
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (356879)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 22/02/2017. Lest we forget.
Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Relatives in service:
2nd Lieutenant Edward Lionel Austin Butler – 12th Australian Infantry Battalion
Father Edward Butler and Fanny BUTLER, lived at Sandy Bay, Tasmania
02/08/1915 enlisted (32 years of age)
29/03/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard RMS Orontes
as a 2nd Lieutenant with 12th Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements
23/08/1916 Multiple shell wounds to legs, lost right leg, received in action - died of wounds
at Mouquet Farm, France
buried in: Puchevillers British Cemetery, France
Plot III, Row A, Grave 10
1590 2nd Lieutenant Brian Nairn Butler – 12th Infantry Battalion
14/12/1914 enlisted (22 years of age)
19/02/1915 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A54 Runic
as a Private with 12th Infantry Battalion, 3rd reinforcements
18/09/1918 killed in action
buried in: Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot III, Row B, Grave 5
Lte Colonel Harry Nairn Butler MID, DSO - Australian Army Medical Corps
-- brother of 2nd Lte Brian Nairn Butler --
21/08/1914 enlisted (28 years of age) - b. 31/03/1886
02/11/1914 embarked Hobart, TAS onboard HMAT A13 Katuna
as a Major with 3rd Field Ambulance C Squadron
04/05/1917 Returned to Australia
22/02/1955 passed away
cemated in: Cornelian Bay Cemetery & Crematorium, TAS
Derwent Gardens
Major John Willoughby Butler Bean – Australian Army Medical Corps
20/06/1914 enlisted (34 years of age) – b. 01/01/1881
20/10/1914 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A14 Euripides
as Captain with 3rd Infantry Battalion, Headquarters
05/09/1915 promoted to Major
23/10/1918 Returned to Australia
30/04/1919 discharged from service
1969 passed away in St Leonards, NSW
Captain Charles Edwin Wodrow Bean (Official WWI Correspondent)
-- brother of Major John Willoughby Butler Bean --
28/09/1914 enlisted in 1st Division Headquarters
21/10/1914 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A3 Oriveto
as Press Corresonpdent, 1st Australian Division, Headquarters
01/04/1919 Returned to Australia onboard HT Kildonian Castle
30/06/1919 discharged from service
January 1921 Bean married Ethel Clara Young
Worked as Official Historian, writing the Official History of Australia at War 1914-1918 at
Tuggeranong Homestead
30/08/1968 Passed away at the Concord Repat Hospital, Concord, NSW
59/546 Captain Arthur Mainwaring Maxwell, MID, DSO MC – 52nd Infantry Battalion
24/09/1914 enlisted in Sydney, NSW (26 years of age) – b. 8/6/1888 Hobart, TAS
21/12/1914 embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A29 Suevic
as a Corporal with 6th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
09/05/1915 proceeded to Gallipoli
20/05/1915 promoted to Corporal – 3rd Light Horse Regiment
14/03/1916 taken on strength 52nd Infantry Battalion
17/03/1916 promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 52nd Infantry Battalion
17/06/1916 promoted to Lieutenant
14/11/1916 Awarded MILITARY CROSS
18/04/1917 promoted to Captain 52nd Infantry Battalion
25/08/1917 Awarded DSO
28/12/1917 Awarded MID – London Gazette
16/05/1918 taken on strength to 51st Infantry Battalion
25/05/1918 attached to 12th Inf Brigade, HQ
19/08/1918 attached to 1st Div, HQ
16/06/1919 Returned to Australia onboard HT Ormonde
11/07/1919 Awarded MID – London Gazette
Married: Marion Grey Wemyss Maxwell (d. 4/11/1970)
Children: Sally, Meg and Bill Maxwell
17/06/1966 passed away
Cremated – St Simon and St Judes Cemetery, Bowral NSW
Columbarium 1 section
447 Captain Duncan Struan Maxwell MC – 51st Infantry Battalion
-- brother of Captain Arthur Mainwaring Maxwell --
19/08/1914 enlisted (22 years of age) - b. 08/01/1892
20/10/1914 embarked Tasmania onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Private with 3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
09/05/1915 proceeded to Gallipoli, ANZAC
03/12/1915 promoted to Lance Corporal – 3rd Light Horse Regiment
17/03/1916 promoted to 2nd Lieutenant – 52nd Infantry Battalion
17/06/1916 promoted to Lieutenant
14/11/1916 Awarded MILITARY CROSS – London Gazette
01/04/1917 taken on strength 4th Div, HQ
21/06/1917 promoted to Captain – 52nd Infantry Battalion
16/05/1918 transferred to 51st Infantry Battalion
31/07/1918 Returned to Australia onboard HT D17 Malta
02/12/1919 discharged from service
1921 Bachelor of Medicine – University of Sydney, NSW
Interwar Service
09/07/1927 Captain – Reserve of Officers
14/08/1939 Major – Reserve of Officers – 56th Infantry Battalion
25/11/1939 Commanding Officer – 56th Infantry Battalion
Married: Marion Wistie Sly (b.30/06/1888 Torrington Rd, Strathfield, NSW)
Marion's parents - Richard Meares Sly and Constance Adelaide Sly (nee Mullens)
25/03/1969 Marion passed away in Sydney, New South Wales
WWII - NX12610 - Brigadier Duncan Struan Maxwell MC - 27th Inf Brigade, HQ
01/06/1940 re-enlisted into WWII at Cootamundra, NSW (48 yrs 5mths)
01/07/1940 promoted to Lte-Colonel - 2/19th Infantry Battalion
26/07/1940 taken on strength 2/19th Infantry Battalion
03/02/1941 embarked HMT Queen Mary
18/02/1941 disembarked into Singapore
01/08/1941 promoted to Brigadier – HQ AIF Malaya
01/08/1941 appointed to Command 27th Australian Infantry Brigade
21/11/1941 promoted to Colonel
15/02/1942 taken POW – Singapore Island
18/03/1942 admitted to Australian General Hospital
28/11/1942 embarked Singapore for Japan
28/04/1943 POW – Taiwan Camp
14/10/1944 POW – now interned in Hoten Camp, China
27/09/1945 Returned to Australia – Brigadier 27th Inf Brigade, HQ
03/09/1946 discharged from service
04/09/1946 Retired – honourary Brigadier
21/12/1969 passed away in Chatswood, NSW
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 06/03/2017. Lest we forget.