My Grandfather

[thurls50]

I am searching for birth information about my Grandfather, Arthur Ernest Chambers, born 30/06/1890 in Victoria Australia or possibly Scotland. I can find information on him in Perth, Western Australia from 1912 but nothing before. Anything just might help.

[mckha489]

AIF attestation says he was born Fitzroy, Melbourne

But I am not seeing it in Victoria BDMs

Have you got his marriage certificate? (Blimey $35 Australian dollars)

[goldie61]

Welcome to Rootschat thuris50

What information do you have already?

When and where did your grandfather die? Do you have his death certificate?
Was he in either of the World Wars? - Australia has a lot of information about Australians who were in the forces.
Was he married in Australia or England? What was his wife's name? Do you have a marriage certificate?
Any other information you have about him would all help to try and find him.

'Scotland' is a big place!

[mckha489]

Death?


Surname   Given Names   Sex   Age   Father   Mother   Place of Birth   Registration District   Registration Number   Registration Year   
Chambers   Arthur Ernest   Male   74   Samuel   Margaret      Perth   398   1965   order

So that gives us possible parent’s  Christian names.

[Jamjar]

Marriage to Gladys Eleanor Nugent, 1912, Perth, 6th column:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57737225

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[Jamjar]

GLADYS ELEANOR CHAMBERS
Karrakatta Cremation
Aged 92
Date of Death: 19-9-1982
Suburb: APPLECROSS

ARTHUR ERNEST CHAMBERS
Aged 74
Date of Death: 21-1-1965
Suburb: MIDLAND

Together at:

KARRAKATTA CEMETERY   
GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
CREMATORIUM ROSE GARDENS GARDEN 9K 0065

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[Jamjar]

Born Victoria as per military record:

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3227680

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[Dundee]

They are unlikely to actually be siblings but that is the impression they are conveying:

Mrs. Fletcher, of Cue, has received information that her brother, Private A. E. Chambers, has been reported missing since April 4th. Another brother, Private J. T. Chambers, who was wounded about the same date has recovered and returned to duty in the fighting lines on the Western front.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233262553

Mrs. W. Fletcher, of Cue, received by wire, the sad news of the death of her brother, Private J. T
Chambers, who died as the result of gas poisoning on November 15th in France.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233264190

Margaret Jane CHAMBERS, born in Victoria 1864, married William FLETCHER, and her brother James Todd CHAMBERS born in 1873, parents James Todd CHAMBERS and Margaret Jane MEADE.

Debra 

[Jamjar]

James Todd Chambers, wife Iris:

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3229498

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