Not necessarily Ex-pats. Although some will either be expats or 1st or 2nd generation from expats.
There are other factors;
Chile was colonised by the Spanish over several hundred years. There were many British names in Spain. Look up Bernardo O'Higgins for example. Many of these names moved to Chile.
There were many emigrations in the 1800s to here; for example driven by mining experts who moved here bringing their mining and copper expertise as the copper works in the UK, particularly Wales, ran out and shipping ore from Chile to the UK works became less viable.
Frequently sailors, including from the Merchant Marine would leave their ships in Valparaiso and settle here, long enough to get married and have children, even if they then didn't remain.
Equally, surnames do not change by marriage, so immigrant names tend to survive longer.
People are very proud of their names, and so retain and them. My wife's name is;
Christian_name1, Christian_name2, Fathers_surname, mothers_surname do husband_surname.
But when referred to by/in the UK, such as in this spread sheet they tend to be referred to as Christian_name1, Husband_surname
There is much more.
On the subject of these volunteers I shall find out more since I have a dinner with the Ambassador at his house next week and I know one of the guys involved in this will be there.
Also, I am a member of the PWCC ( www.pwcc.cl/ ) and I know some records are held there which they have said they will try and dig out.
I am happy to send everything I find to you if you wish.
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