Book of Remembrance entry
M.C., B.A. Captain 13th Service Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment. Twice wounded. Drowned when going into action, Lake Onega, Russia 18 August 1919. Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. "He spent five weeks in the front line previous to our attack studying the enemy's system and acquiring information which afterwards proved most useful. His keenness in volunteering for every raid or patrol and his fearlessness and untiring energy in collecting information for his brigade have earned the unanimous appreciation and admiration of all Commanding Officer in his Brigade."
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1872Cholmeley R.J. : Life.Birth 4 Jan 1872
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?Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England
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1911Assistant Lecturer in Classics at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1911
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1913Lecturer in Classics & Assistant Librarian at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1913
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1917
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?Teacher at Scotch College -- Melbourne, Australia
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1919Death in Lake Onega --, Russia 1919
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