Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Royden Chalmers

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Photograph P08858.011
Service number 10
Ranks Held 2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Private
Birth Date 04/01/1881
Birth Place Australia: Tasmania, Hobart, Brighton
Death Date 25/03/1943
Death Place Pacific Islands: Nauru
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 27th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
  • Tasmanian Mounted Infantry
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

    Media


    Group portrait of the Officers of the 27th Battalion taken outside the Officers Mess a few days ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 4th Victorian Imperial Regiment Contingent. The Contingent left ...

    C. 1922. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF THE THREE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF 27TH BATTALION DURING WORLD WAR 1. ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen. Left to right back row: ...

    Studio portrait of Major Frederick Roydon Chalmers (later Lieutenant Colonel CMG, DSO, Commanding ...

    Document


    AWM54 1010/9/118 - [War Crimes and Trials - Investigation of Atrocities:] Investigations of atrocities on Nauru Island. The murder of Col Chambers, Dr...

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Timeline

Date of birth 04/01/1881
Date commissioned 16/05/1915 Commissioned as a lieutenant after attending Officers School.
Date of enlistment 16/05/1915
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 28/03/1915 Enlisted as a private.
Other units 29/05/1915 27th Battalion.
Date promoted 26/05/1915 Appointed captain.
Date of embarkation 31/05/1915
Date promoted 13/10/1916 Appointed major.
Other 13/10/1916 Second in command of the 27th Battalion.
Other units 1916-10-13 - 1916-12-23 Senior Officers School, Aldershot.
Date promoted 16/12/1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 01/10/1917 Appointed to command the 27th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 15/08/1918
Date returned to Australia 16/06/1919
Other 10/10/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of recommendation honour or award 28/01/1919
Dates worked overseas 10/1938 Appointed administrator of Nauru
Date of death 25/03/1943

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