Birth GRO 1st qtr 1890
CHATFIELD, Bertie Northampton 3b 50
No John B Chatfield births found in England from 1880-1899.
Geniaus claims born 10 Dec 1888, ,,Northamptonshire, England
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Burial Plot Memorial Panel: 92.
Find a Grave Memorial ID 198798063.
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joins Australian Army in WW1
Chatfield John Bertram (Bertie) 1890 - 1917
Census 1891 Moore Street, Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England. Bertie Son Age 1, Birth 1890 Northamptonshire, England.
Census 1901 39a Wood Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Age 11.
Joined the Royal Navy before WWI, jumped ship in Sydney, Australia.
Then used John Bertram Chatfield as name.
Occupation 23 May 1916 Cobar, NSW, Australia, Miner
Place Of Enlistment: Cobar, NSW, Australia.
Military-Begun: 20 May 1916, Dubbo, NSW, Australia. Service Number 5911
[Name ? WILLIAMS, John Born 1st qtr 1888, Northampton 3b 89 (Was this name used as it is believed he had enlisted first in UK. He called his son John William!?)]
Died 03 May 1917 France. Killed in action. Buried Aft 03 May 1917, Memorial Panel: 92 Cemetery or Memorial Details: 26 Villers Bretonneux-France. Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Notes: Joan Chatfield says he deserted from the service in England and came to Australia. He was one of five brothers, one of whom married a Knight of Knight's slippers family.
Father: Chatfield William Henry, b. 1859, Balance Street, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. d. 1901, Northamptonshire, England.
Mother: Busby Sarah Jane, b. 1863, Northampton, Northamptonshire,
Married: 1884 Northamptonshire, England.
Spouse: Pusell Ethel Jane, b. 31 Jul 1899, Thompson's Creek, NSW, Australia. d. 30 May 1988, Alloa Nursing Home, Arncliffe, NSW, Australia.
Married 12 Dec 1914 at the Residence of Mr. James Pusell, Cobar, NSW, Australia. Ceremony performed according to the rites of the Methodist Church by Bernard Deane. She remarried Frank Duncan, 20 May 1922.
Children:
1. CHATFIELD, John William, b. 12 May 1915, Cobar, NSW, Australia. d. 30 Dec 1988, Alexander Street, Coogee, NSW, Australia.
2. CHATFIELD, Nellie, b. 04 Apr 1917, Cobar, NSW, Australia. d. 18 Apr 1917, Cobar, NSW, Australia.