BURGESS Charles Chesworth                          

"Hermit of Lamington)

Service Number 1885  41st Battalion A Company 2nd Pioneers

Born :  9th May 1883 Oxley

Died : 11th April 1939 Brisbane  (55 years 11 months 2 days) 

Buried  : Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane 

Parents  : Thomas Chesworth and Jane  nee Gilbert

Enlisted : 23rd Jun 1915 Brisbane

Embarkation : 16th August 1915 HMAT A55 Kayara

 Returned to Australia : 9th May 1917 

Medals : British War Medal 6386

             Victory Medal      6315

             Star 1914-1915   7292

 Connection : Pioneer Descendant of the "Burgess"  Family

Memorials :      Logan  Village Museum Honour Roll

                      Department of Veteran Affairs Honour our Fallen                    

                      Virtual War Memorial Honour Roll

                      Hillview Hall Honour Board                                                     

                     Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia

                      Listed in The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District (1914-1919) David Mason.

                         

                                                                     

BURGESS Edward Chesworth   Photo thanks to Beaudesert Town & Surrounds F/Book page

Service Number 504 3rd & 12th Machine Gun Companies               11th Depot Brisbane

Born : 30th May 1896 Christmas Creek

Died :  5TH October 1917 West-Vlaanderen,Belgium  (21 years 4 months 5 days )

Remembered  : The Menin Gate Memorial,Ypres,France

Parents :  Arthur Chesworth and Mary Jane nee Toney

Enlisted :        23rd June 1916  Brisbane 

Embarkation : 16th Dec 1916  HMAT A7 Medic

Medals :          British War Medal      54964

                      Victory Medal           54123

                       Memorial Plaque      333822

Connection : Pioneer Descendant of the "Burgess"  Family

Memoirals :   Beaudesert War Memorial                                                                   

                    Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia     

                    Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres-Salient.                 

                     Hillview Hall Honour Board 

                          Listed in The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District (1914-1919)  David Mason.

                      Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) 

                           Logan  Village Museum Honour Roll

 

BURGESS George Chesworth

Service Number 3015  42nd Battalion 7th Reinforcements Discharged from the 11th Depot Battalion

Born : 21st May 1890 Weyba Lake Noosa Heads

Died :9 Sep 1983 Queensland (93 years 3 months 19 days )

Buried : Mt Thompson, Brisbane 

Parents :  Henry Chesworth and Louisa Jane nee Lean.

Wife : Lillian May nee Bailey

Enlisted :       9th August 1916 Brisbane

Embarkation : 7th February 1917 HMAT A18 Wiltshire

 Returned to Australia 24th January 1918 Dundee Castle

Medals : British War Medal 28172

             Victory Medal       26891

Connection : Pioneer Descendant of the "Burgess"  Family

Memorials :   Logan  Village Museum Honour Roll     

                  Virtual War Memorial Australia

                  Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia

                

BURGESS Verney Chesworth    

Service No 1612 11th Depot Battalion Light Horse (Camel Corps)

Born : 2 Aug 1877 Timperley Ireland  (87 years 11 months 24 days) 

Died : 26th July 1965  Queensland

Buried : Mt Thompson , Brisbane 

Parents : Thomas Chesworth and Jane nee Gilbert.

Wife  : Sarah Ann  nee Toney

Enlisted :    13th November 1915 Brisbane

Embarked :                 11th May 1917 HMAT Boorara A42    

Returned to Australia : 10th May 1919 Boonah

 Armistice Day 1918 :   Moasear Egypt  

Medals : British War Medal 28927

             Victory Medal      27605

Connection : Pioneer Descendant of the "Burgess"  Family

Memorials :  Beaudesert War Memorial.                                                              

                  Hillview Hall Honour Board

                  Virtual War Memorial Australia                                                         

                  Discovering ANZACS  National Library Australia

                  Listed in The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District (1914-1919) David Mason.

                  Logan  Village Museum Honour Roll

                                          

BURGESS Verney Chesworth   

Service Number 6919 2nd Tunnelling Company

Born : 13th November 1891 Weyba Lake, Noosa Heads

Died : 3rd August 1959 Tewantin (67 years 8 months 21 days) 

Buried : Tewantin, Queensland 

Parents : Henry and Louisa Jane nee Lean

Wife : Evelyn Mathilde nee Walter

Embarked : 15th May 1917 Shropshire from Melbourne

Returned to Australia 9th October 1919 Hemmitz

 Armistice Day 1918 : Rouler France

Medals : British War Medal 29129

             Victory Medal       27909

Connection : Pioneer Descendant of the "Burgess"  Family

Memorials :   Department of Veteran Affairs Honour Our Fallen                                

                   Virtual War Memorial Australia

                          Logan  Village Museum Honour Roll                                           

                   Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia