Wilfred Mapon (Pat) CHAILLE

CHAILLE, Wilfred Mapon

Service Number: 530
Enlisted: 7 November 1914, Enoggera, Queensland
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Esk, Queensland, Australia, 7 August 1891
Home Town: Esk, Somerset, Queensland
Schooling: Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Killed In Action, Jordan Valley, Palestine, 14 July 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Jerusalem War Cemetery
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Memorials: Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 1 Service

7 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 530, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enoggera, Queensland
21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 530, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 530, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
21 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, 530, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Ship Persic A Squadron
14 Jul 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 530, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 530 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-14
14 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 530, 15th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Wilfred Mapon CHAILLE was born on 7th August, 1891 in Esk, Queensland

His parents were James Mapon CHAILLE and Charlotte Ann WOOLLETT

Medals:  1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Sergeant Wilfred Mapon Chaille, better known in Esk and district as "Pat'' Chaille, was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs. J. M. Chaille, Esk, and waa 36 years of age last August. He  enlisted early in September, 1914, and landed with the Light Horse at Gallipoli where he was wounded He returned to the Front, however, and was present at the evacuation.  Enlisting as a trooper, he was promoted in the field to corporal, and later to sergeant. Prior to the war he was a member of the Legion of Frontiersmen.

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