CHABREL, Francis George

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Fate
  5. Commemoration
  6. Notes
  7. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War I (1914-1918)
Date of Enlistment
03/11/1914
Place of Enlistment
Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
20/10/1894
Place of Birth
Tasmania
Address (at enlistment)
Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
School(s) Attended
St. Peter's College (Adelaide)
Occupation
Soldier
Next of Kin
Son of Marcellin and Annie Chabrel of Glenelg, South Australia. Brother of 307 Victor Chabrel and 754 Edwin Chabrel.
Burial Place

Unknown

Unit and Rank Details

Final Rank
Captain
Final Unit
16 Battalion AIF

Fate

Died (killed in action), Gallipoli, 7 August 1915 aged 20 years

Commemoration

Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 79, Canberra ACT
Large stone tablet on outside of northern wall of St. John's Church, Reid ACT

Notes

Chabrel entered the Royal Military College at Duntroon with the second intake of cadets on 7 March 1912 and was a member of the Honour Guard at the naming ceremony in Canberra on 12 March 1913. His class was graduated early on 2 November 1914 and Chabrel was appointed as a Lieutenant in the 16th Battalion. An older brother, Edwin, served as a Private in the 16th Battalion. The 16th Battalion landed on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and by 3 May they were positioned near Quinns Post and the Bloody Angle when Chabrel was shot in the neck and lower body. He was hospitalised in Egypt but made a quick recovery, returning to Gallipoli in mid June and being promoted to the rank of Captain shortly afterwards. In August 1915 a final attempt was made to capture the heights of Sari Bair with troops from New Zealand, India and the 4th Brigade (which included the 16th Battalion) of the AIF. Chabrel belonged to C Company of the 16th Battalion, leading the attack on Sikhs Hill. As he went to report to his Battalion commanding officer, Chabrel was killed by a shot to the head from a sniper.

Description - height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 158 pounds, chest 34-37 inches.

Sources

AWM Roll of Honour Database
AWM First World War Unit Embarkation Rolls
Charles Bean, 'Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18' (Vol. II, p.592)
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Observer (Adelaide) - 21 August 1915

Create Certificate
Francis Chabrel. Observer (Adelaide SA), 21 August 1915

Francis Chabrel. Observer (Adelaide SA), 21 August 1915

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