Could a soldier who was killed in France in WW1 have been buried in Australia 5 years later? I've never heard of anything like this before, and I wonder if anyone else has.
I have an Ernest Chandler, born Walcha, NSW in 1890, parents Andrew James Chandler and Jessie Gertrude Curtis.
He was killed in France in 1917, and buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck:
CWGC :: Casualty Details
What I can't understand is that I've now found the following death in Queensland:
Reg # / Family name / Given name / Fathers given names / Mothers names
1922/F1504 / Chandler / Ernest / Andrew James Chandler / Jessie Gertrude Curtis
The names are sufficiently distinctive that this has to be the same person.
I've never heard of soldiers killed in France being buried in Australia - and if it was just a memorial service, I can't imagine that he'd appear in the death index.
His parents both died in NSW, but according to the electoral roll they were in Queensland in 1919 and 1925.
I can't check his service record again because the NAA site is down at the moment.
Any ideas?
I have an Ernest Chandler, born Walcha, NSW in 1890, parents Andrew James Chandler and Jessie Gertrude Curtis.
He was killed in France in 1917, and buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck:
CWGC :: Casualty Details
What I can't understand is that I've now found the following death in Queensland:
Reg # / Family name / Given name / Fathers given names / Mothers names
1922/F1504 / Chandler / Ernest / Andrew James Chandler / Jessie Gertrude Curtis
The names are sufficiently distinctive that this has to be the same person.
I've never heard of soldiers killed in France being buried in Australia - and if it was just a memorial service, I can't imagine that he'd appear in the death index.
His parents both died in NSW, but according to the electoral roll they were in Queensland in 1919 and 1925.
I can't check his service record again because the NAA site is down at the moment.
Any ideas?
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