MESTREZ, Charles Joseph
| Service Number: | 5374 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 23 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ravenswood, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Nudgee College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk/Shorthand Reporter/Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Charters Towers, Queensland | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sapper, 5374, Tunnelling Companies, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5374, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5374, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5374 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
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"...5374 Sapper Charles Joseph Mestrez, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company from Ravenswood, Queensland. A 33 year old miner and clerk prior to enlisting on 10 April 1916, he embarked for overseas with the September 1916 Reinforcements from Melbourne on 29 September 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He was killed in action on 25 September 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium and is buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. The image is inscribed "For the Honor of both Q'LAND A.I.E.F. 1916" referring to Queensland and the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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