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Military service
Service number:
3106616
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
Blair, Nebraska
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 22, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
LXVII. K. 36.
Additional information
Son of John A. and Sarah J. Chamberlain, of Norfolk, Nebraska, U.S.A.
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Photo of Frank Chamberlain
Frank David Chamberlain, an American from Nebraska, shortly after enlisting in Toronto in January 1918. Age 21 -
Photo of Frank Chamberlain
Frank David Chamberlain shortly before he enlisted. Photo says on the back 'Taken on the Hetrick place.' Photo probably taken in 1917 near Norfolk, Nebraska. -
Gravemarker
Grave marker of Frank David Chamberlain, PTE. 3106616, Coy C, 58th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario). Frank is buried in the military cemetery in Etaples, France - Plot LXVII. K. 36. Photo taken in 2000. -
Memorabilia
My great Grandfather told me his brother Frank Chamberlain was mortally wounded by artillery in the attack on Tilloy near Cambrai on Oct 8th 1918, was evacuated and died of wounds on 22 October. These items were sent home by his nurse. L to R - Collar insignia, shoulder title, cap badge, Meerchaum pipe with case, and another collar insignia. -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 289 of 958.
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Private Frank Chamberlain
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Chamberlain
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Chamberlain
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Chamberlain
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Chamberlain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 382 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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