SHARROCK, Charles
| Service Number: | 602 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1916, Hamilton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Penshurst, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Flanders Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penshurst War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 602, 39th Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Vic. | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 602, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 602, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 602, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 602 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Thomas and Janet Nimo Sharrock, of "Fernleigh", Hamilton, Victoria, Australia.
Mr and Mrs J. G. Sharrock, of Mount Napier, have been notified of the death in action of their son, Lance-Corporal Charles Sharrock. The young man was well and popularly known throughout this district, and the news of his death was rendered a sadder blow by reason of the fact that a day or two earlier the news of his promotion to Lance Corporal had only just come through.
The sad intelligence was on Tuesday conveyed by the Rev. H. J. Coe to Mr. J. T. Sharrock, of Fernleigh, Mt. Naper, that his son, Lance-Corporal Charles Sharrock had been killed in action on June 8th. Lance-Corporal Sharrock, who was a very fine example of Australia's finest and bravest, men, sailed from Australia on May 27th, 1916. He left England for France at the end of November of the same year, and fought in France until a short time before he met his death, when, as far as is known, he went to Belgium. Much sympathy is felt for the sor rowing father, sisters and brothers, who recently suffered the loss of a wife and mother. This promising young soldier was only 22 years and 8 months old.
MR. J.T. SHARROCK and Family desire to convey their sincere thanks to the Shire of Dundas, Macarthur Red Cross, Revs. Butcher and Cocks, and the large circle of friends who personally and by post and wire expressed their sympathy and regret for their recent bereavement by the death of Lance-Corporal Charles Sharrock, killed in action in Belgium, 8/6/17.
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