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Cheffers W G   Pte  3075

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 9 years, 4 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Cheffers W G     Pte    3075    William George      5 Inf Bn    33    Labourer    Single    Meth       

Address:    Ascot Vale, Ascot Vale Rd, 279   

Next of Kin:    Cheffers, G, father, 279 Ascot Vale Rd, Ascot Vale   

Enlisted:    10 Jul 1915       

Embarked:     RMS Osterley 29 Sep 1915   

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Cheffers J Pte 3485 brother

 

Date of death:  12/10/1917   Private 46 Infantry Battalion

CWGC: "Son of George and Mary Ann Cheffers, of 2, Elliott Avenue, Murrumbeena,

Victoria, Australia. Native of Essendorra [sic], Victoria".

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

 

Amongst those killed in action, in [Belgium] on 12th October is Private William [George] Cheffers (stretcher bearer) eldest [son of]   Mr. George Cheffers of 279 Ascot Vale Rd, Ascot Vale, after two years, active service.

 

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, November 29). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 30, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604445

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

Ascot Vale Methodists*

Flemington Branch Australian Natives Association (ANA) *

Kensington Methodist Church*

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded               

Regimental Register

 

In Memoriam

 

CHEFFERS.-In loving memory of our dear brother

and uncle, Will, stretcher-bearer, 46th Batt., killed

at Passchendaele, 12th October, 1917.

He did his best along with the rest

What more could our hero do?

-(Inserted by his loving brother, sister-in-law, and

nieces, Herb, Ethel, Evelyn, and Myrtle.)

The Argus  13 October 1919

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4673107

 

CHEFFERS - In loving memory of our dear brother

and uncle, Will, stretcher-bearer 46th Battalion,

killed at Passchendaele 12th October, 1917.

Sunshine passes, shadows fall,

Loving remembrance outlasts all.

(Inserted by his loving brother, sister, and nieces,

Herb, Ethel, Evelyn, and Myrtle.)

The Argus 12 October 1920

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4578199

 

 

 

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