BULL, Charles Alfred
| Service Number: | 96 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A14 Euripides from Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 96, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 96, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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3 Battalion
Rank - Private
16 July 1915 Disembarked at Malta to hospital - sick, bronchitis
25 July 1916 Admitted to hospital - shell shock
28 July 1916 Wounded in action
10 August 1916 - Promted to Sergeant
18 August 1916 - Wounded in action
19 August 1916 to 29 August 1916 To hospital - shell shock
22 January 1917 to 4 February 1917 - AWOL
10 July 1917 to 12 July 1917 - AWOL. Pleaded not not guilty
30 July 1917 Found guilty of being AWOL and was held in custody plus he had to forfeit 14 days pay plus a reduction in rank
17 February 1918 to hospital - tonsilitis
2 March 1918 Admitted to English hospital while on leave - sick
18 August 1918 - Mother wrote a letter to the Army pleading for information regarding her son's condition/whereabouts as he had not written to her for over six months
26 August 1918 Admitted to hospital in England with severe leg wound
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Returned to Australia on board HT D30 Port Lyttleton
Son of Mary Ann Bull
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