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CHARLTON, Arthur Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6327 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 20 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick , 1 July 1944, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6327, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6327, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Great Grandfather
Arthur changed his name to Charleston after the war, sometime before/circa 1921. He died in 1944.
Submitted 28 February 2015 by Emma Axtell
Biography
Arthur Enlisted on the 19th of July 1916. He was in the 4th Battalion 1st AIF. He was court marshalled on the 3rd of August 1918.
Not much is known about Arthur. Not by anyone in our family at least, anymore. It is known he was married to Gladys Dunn in 1916. They divorced in 1921.
He Married my Great grandmother Hilda Augustine Bisby in the latter part of 1921. The divorce from Gladys Dunn was not finalised and it is around this point we believe he changed his last name from Charlton to Charleston.
Hilda never knew about the first marriage and when, years later Arthur was unable to work she applied for the war widows pension and was told she was not able to get it as his first marriage was not finalised before they wed.
She was also told their own marriage was 'null and void'. Hilda left Arthur, on his deathbed as the story goes, when she found out and never spoke to him again.
They had three Children Poppy, Hannah and Barry. Only Jack and his wife saw him again as he lived with them. His sons Barry and Jack both served in WW2.
Arthur as I like to think of him, was a loveable larrikin, Though the more I delve into family history the more I think he was a 'ratbag'.
In typical Australian fashion, that makes me love him even more. As I find out more I will up date.
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