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Surname		CHALMERS
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Frederick Royden
Regimental Number		10
Rank		Private
Unit Name		1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry
State		Tas
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Frederic Royden 2Coy. 1TMI, 2nd Lieutenant 2Coy. 2TIB 1st Lieutenant 1.8.1901. Bufton: ?photo. URL1: R CHALMERS from Brighton Tas. URL2: Lieut. FA CHALMERS remaining in Africa for further service, did not return with 2TIB per 'Manila' arriving 15.6.1902. URL3: ?Tpr. Roy CHALMERS writing from Pretoria to parents in Bagdad c8.1900. URL4: Pte. R CHALMERS from Brighton, amongst the officers and men of the First Tas. Contingent quartered in the barracks 23.10.1899. Source:# 1353 Frederick Royden CHALMERS, served in World War 1 with 27th Battalion finishing as CO and Lt. Col. DSO 16.12.1917 CMG 3.6.1919 MID 16.3.1919. wounded in action GSW 8.12.1915 and also injured in France in 1917 when his horse fell on him, WW2 executed by Japanese in 1943 after being interned while serving as Administrator of Nauru. URL5: Aust. Dictionary of Biography entry.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 546 549 561 562 565 Bufton: Tasmanians in the Transvaal War page(s) 66 Hardg&Mac: War in S. Africa and the Dark Continent from Savagery to Civilisation page(s) 575 Launc. Exam.: Launceston Examiner newspaper date(s) 1.11.1899 & 16.1.1902 Hbt. Mercury: Hobart Mercury newspaper date(s) 23.10.1899 & 2.8.1900 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1353 B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455 D2994: National Archives of Australia series D2994
External Link URL1		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40109077
External Link URL2		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35490391
External Link URL3		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12806045
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12760865
External Link URL5		adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chalmers-frederick-royden-5546
External Link URL6		recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3226042
External Link URL7		recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4301871

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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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