Wyndham History

Thomas Albert Chamberlain (1883-1976)

Item

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Type

Title

Thomas Albert Chamberlain (1883-1976)

Contributor

Date

1918

Publisher

Wyndham City Libraries

Format

text

Language

eng

World War One Veterans Item Type Metadata

Name

Thomas Albert Chamberlain

Birth Date

Birthplace

Service Number

64172

Enlistment Date

Next of Kin

Mrs Catherine Chamberlain
wife

Address at time of Enlistment

115 Asling Street,
Gardenvale Victoria.

Occupation

Marital Status

Married

Death Date

Place of Burial

Not known

Biographical Text

No.64172  Thomas Albert Chamberlain
Thomas Albert Chamberlain was born on 17 November 1883 in Costerfield (Rushworth) Victoria to Charles and Catherine (nee Carl) Chamberlain.
He had five brothers:
and five sisters:
  • Emily
  • Annie Jane 
  • Nellie Amelia
  • Daisy Lavinia
  • Alma Louise
His father Charles died on 12 August 1897 in Rushworth.

Thomas married Catherine Forder in 1909 at Black Range, Western Australia. They had two daughters:
  • Catherine
  • Gladys Elizabeth 
and one son:
  • Harold William 
War Service
Thomas enlisted into the Army at Melbourne, Victoria on 17 April 1918.  He was aged 34 years and 4 months and he was five feet and four and a quarter inches tall.  Thomas weighed 130 pounds and had a chest measurement of 31 and a half to 33 and a half inches.  His complexion was listed as fresh, with blue eyes and dark hair.  All of this was recorded at the time of his enlistment.

On 14 September 1918, Thomas embarked at Sydney, New South Wales  per S.S. Port Darwin with the 5th Reinforcements (Egypt) and disembarked in Suez on 19 October 1918.  He joined the 15th Light Horse Reinforcements on 22 November 1918.  After fulfilling his service, he returned to Australia on 25 August 1919 and was discharged from the Army on 9 September 1919.

Post War 
Electoral rolls say that Thomas and Catherine were living in Corio from 1919 to 1934. Thomas’ mother died on 27 December 1920 in Werribee.  In 1942 they were living at 102 Droop Street in Maribyrnong, Footscray North and it states that he was a watchman.

In 1949 and 1954 they were living at 441 Geelong Road in Kingsville and he is still a watchman.  In 1963 they are living at 16 Conifer Avenue, Lalor Altona. Catherine passed away on 25 September 1966.

Thomas Albert Chamberlain died on 11 September, 1976 at Glen Victoria, aged 94.

Medals & Entitlements:
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Bibliography

AIF project
http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/index.html

Ancestry
http://search.ancestry.com.au

National Archives of Australia
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/

Medals and Entitlements

British War Medal
Victory Medal

Citation

“Thomas Albert Chamberlain (1883-1976),” Wyndham History, accessed October 2, 2023, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2059.

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