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TRENWITH, Charles Albert

Service Number:	2379
Enlisted:	19 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoira, July 1898
Home Town:	Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium - Broodseinde Ridege, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 7), Belgium Direct hit by shell, died instantaneously. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sorrento St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Sorrento War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 39th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2379, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2379, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
12 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2379, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2379 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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