Charles Frederick RICKETTS

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RICKETTS, Charles Frederick

Service Number:	2633
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 29 July 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Iron Moulder
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3 Grave II. K. 20. Personal Inscription DUTY DONE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2633, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2633, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 23 and the son of William James and Edna Weedon Ricketts, of 56, Darley St., Newtown, New South Wales.

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