EZZY, Charles
| Service Number: | 3059 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree All Saints Anglican Church Honour Board, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3059, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3059, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 3059, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3059 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Charles EZZY (Service Number 3059) was born at Hamilton, NSW, in 1888. He appears to have grown up in Moree, where his parents made a home, and ‘was an enthusiastic member of the Moree Band’. He joined the NSWGR as an engine cleaner at the Junee locomotive depot in December 1912 and was promoted there to fireman in 1913. In August 1915 he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney.
He was killed in action on 26 September 1917 at Polygon Wood. He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Submitted 28 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Charles EZZY (Service Number 3059) was born at Hamilton, NSW, in 1888. He grew up in Moree, where his parents made a home, He was an enthusiastic member of the Moree Band’. He joined the NSW Government Railways as an engine cleaner at the Junee locomotive depot in December 1912. He was promoted there to fireman in 1913. In August 1915 he enlisted in the AIF in Sydney.
He embarked at Sydney in December 1915. He joined his battalion in Egypt. He went to France in June 1916. He was evacuated, sick, to England in November. He spent some time being treated for ‘debility’ and venereal disease before returning to France in February 1917. He re-joined his unit in April.
He was killed in action on 26th September 1917 at Polygon Wood. He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board