Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Markham Chester Edwin

Born 25^th May 1892 Launceston Tasmania to Thomas George and Frances Elizabeth Markham (nee Bessell) a tinsmith who departed Sydney 3^rd May 1916 on board “HMAT Clan McGillivray” with the 13^th Infantry Battalion.

He was a stretcher bearer at Bullecourt where he was struck by a piece of shell, later died 11^th April 1917 and was buried where he fell. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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Tasmanian War Casualties, Honouring the past, building understanding.