Chimes, George Henry

GallipoliAll Campaigns

10 Dec

Written By Renegade Moss

PLACE OF BIRTH

Cairns, QLD

OCCUPATION

Porter

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns QLD

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

12/01/1915

NEXT OF KIN

Florence Emma Chimes (mother), Cairns, QLD

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Appears on Shire Honour Board

REGIMENT 1

15th Battalion AIF

RANK

Sergeant

CAMPAIGN 1

Gallipoli

KILLED IN ACTION

Yes, 8-08-1915

OTHER INFO

Awarded the 14/15 Star, British War Medal, A Memorial Plaque and Scroll were sent to his mother.

STORY OUTLINE

George Chimes was an 18 year old porter when he enlisted in Cairns on 12-01-1915. He joined the 15th Battalion in the Gallipoli Peninsula on 13th July and was killed in action on 8th August 1915. (He was listed as 'wounded and missing' until a court of enquiry in April 1916 found him killed in action). Sergeant Chimes appears on the Douglas Shire Honour Board, though we have not established his linkage to the district.

SERVICE NO

1904