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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Inverness
• Land Scotland
• Last residence Day Trap North, Victoria, Australia
• Family Son of Ewen and Elizabeth Chisholm, (nee McDonald), of Mittyack, Victoria, Australia; brother of Donald who named the wheat variety 'Jack Chisholm' after him;
• Profession Farmer
• Extra info Remembered on the Sea Lake Memorial

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 8 March 1916, Melbourne
• Service number 5985
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Melbourne 28 July 1916; to France 2 November 1916

Death

• Wounded 20 September 1917, Polygon Wood
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds abdomen, n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 37
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - A - 7A

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