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CHAFER, James Harrison Emptage
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 11676 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Nunawading, Whitehorse, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coachbuilder |
| Died: | Rosebud, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Gardenia area, Garden 1, Rose 019. Cremated remains interred on the 27 November 1970 and held perpetuity for all time Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Mitcham War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the tiime of enlistment was given as Tunstall a small town of that name between 1886 and 1945 when it was renamed Nunawading
Son of William Edmondson Chafer and Emily Henrietta Chafer nee Emptage of Tunstall, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 29 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal