Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Chalmers Geoffrey

Born 14^th February 1902 Bagdad the son of Robert Hamilton and Emily Louisa Chalmers (nee Walter) of Sayes Court Bagdad Cadet Geoffrey Walter Chalmers drowned when the ship he was on, the 'Aparima', was torpedoed without warning by a German U-Boat on the 19th November 1917. He was 15 years old. A total of 56 lives were lost and they are remembered on the Australian Merchant Seaman's Memorial in Canberra and also the Tower Hill Memorial in London.

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