MARCHANT, Charles Edward
| Service Number: | 4848 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, Gilgandra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mundooran, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Heart Failure, At home, Gilgandra, NSW, 8 May 1926 |
| Cemetery: |
Gilgandra Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery, Gilgandra District Roll of Honor, Gilgandra NSW 100th Anniversary of The Cooee March |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gilgandra, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4848, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4848, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward Marchant, Warrenderi, Tooraweemah Road, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Charles joined the Coo-ee March after passing his medical examination by Dr Peet in Gilgandra on October 9, 1915. He trained at Liverpool and embarked for Egypt on the HMAT Star of England on March 8, 1916. He trained in Egypt and transferred to the 45th Battalion in April 1916. Later that month Charles suffered an accidental gun shot wound to his elbow and was admitted to the 3rd Australian General Hospital at Abbassia in Egypt. He returned to Australia on the Karoola in July 1916 and was discharged in Sydney on September 13, 1916 without seeing any action.
Charles died on May 8, 1926 and is buried in Gilgandra Cemetery with his military history proudly recorded on his headstone. “In Loving Memory of Pte. C. E. Marchant; No 4848 13th BATT 1st AIF”.
OBITUARY
C. E. MARCHANT
Between 3.45 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, the death occurred suddenly of Mr. Charles Edmund Marchant, aged 31, son of the late Mr. G. Marchant and Mrs. Marchant, of Gilgandra. The deceased, who was a returned soldier, with 12 months' war service to his credit in Egypt, had suffered lately from heart trouble, and on several occasions recently sustained seizures that necessitated medical attention. On Saturday afternoon, his wife, on returning from town, found her husband lying on the bed, and approaching, discovered that, during her absence, he had passed away, the cause of death being heart failure. Besides the widow, deceased leaves behind a family of three young children. The remains were laid to rest in the church of England cemetery on Sunday last, the last prayers being read by Rev. Mr. Jarman. Mr. A. H. Ross had charge of the funeral arrangements.
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