Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Alexander Chalmers
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 05.04.1916
- Place of enlistment: Brantford, Ontario
- Service no: 164700
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 75th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 27
- Date of Death: 08.06.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville St. Vaast, Pas de Calais
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 16.03.1890
- Place of Birth: Kirriemuir
- Address:
- Occupation: Carpenter
- Mother:
Annie Lindsay Chalmers, 32 James St, Dundee
- Father:
Nathaniel Chalmers, 32 James St, Dundee
- Siblings:
Nathaniel, William, Mary, Lizzie, Thomas & Annabella
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Alexander Chalmers
For more information, visit his Service Record, Memorial and Circumstances of Death File
He was the brother of Pte Nathaniel Chalmers, 163809, 75th Battalion Canadian Infantry and Pte William Chalmers, 163808, 75th Battalion Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action, 25.10.1916.
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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