CHALMERS, David Aitcheson
(Service number 57475)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11/09/1888 | Place of Birth | Milton, NZ |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waihao Downs | ||
| Occupation | Ploughman | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Jane CHALMERS (mother), Palmerston, Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 December 1961 | Age | 73 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Palmerston Cemetery, Otago | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
David Aitcheson Chalmers was the son of Jane Chalmers. When he enlisted he was a ploughman at Waihao Downs. He married Iris Matheson Lindsay Chirnside in 1926.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 May 2019]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]; Palmerston Cemetery headstone transcription; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018]
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