Allen John CHARLESTON

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CHARLESTON, Allen John

Service Number:	1119
Enlisted:	30 April 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Waratah, New South Wales, 28 June 1894
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cellarman
Died:	Killed in Action, Palestine, 19 April 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel Row B grave 180 20 Apr 1917 - unburied in enemy territory El Munkela - 25 Apr 1917 buried Atawinah Cemetery, Gaza - 28 Aug 1917 exhumed and buried at Deir el-Belah Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Fremantle St John's Memorial Choir Vestry and Honour Roll, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA

World War 1 Service

30 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1119, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Perth, Western Australia
30 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1119, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
30 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1119, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Fremantle
14 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment
19 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1119, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Battles of Gaza , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1119 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-19

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Biography

Son of Charles J. and Margaret

"...1119 Lance Corporal Allan John Charleston... of the 10th Light Horse Regiment and killed in action in Palestine, 19 April 1917. LCpl Charleston, of the 7th Reinforcements, of Fremantle, WA, enlisted on 30 April 1915 and embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Kanowna on 30 June 1915, aged 20 years..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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