MITCHELL, Charles Stewart
| Service Number: | 6545 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Macorna, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Macorna State School and Bendigo High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Public servant - Assistant Clerk of Courts |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Norwich, England, United Kingdom, 3 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, England Grave 54. 679. INSCRIPTION -DEARLY LOVED SON OF ALEX AND EMILY MITCHELL "OUR DEAR CHARLIE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6545, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6545, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6545, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6545, 5th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW (buttock) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of Alexander and Emily Mitchell, of 293, Barkly St., St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His father died 28 April 1935 aged 76 at St Kilda, and is interred there. The inscription on his grave reads:
‘his son, Charles Stewart Mitchell Died 3 Oct. 1917 aged 25 years, 5th Battn. AIF, died of wounds in England.
Emily, wife and mother of above Died 7 May 1944.’
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Died of gunshot wounds on 3rd October, 1917, at the Norwich (Norfolk) Hospital, England, Charles Stewart Mitchell, 5th Battalion, A.I.F. (late of City Court, Melbourne), son of Alexander and Emily Mitchell, of 293 Barkly-street, St. Kilda (late of Macorna and Bendigo).
Born on the 27th of February, 1892, Charles Mitchell was appointed junior teacher at School 877, Bendigo, in 1907. He resigned in 1913 to enter the clerical division of the Crown Law Department. He was employed in the Court of Petty Sessions, Melbourne, as Assistant Clerk of Courts until his enlistment in April, 1916.
He enlisted on the 9th of May, 1916, and embarked with the 21st Reinforcements to the 5th Battalion on the 2nd of October. After training in England, he proceeded to France, and joined his unit on the 21st of August, 1917. Word came that he was wounded in the right leg on 23rd September, and on the 11th October came the news of his death.
His immediate official superior at the City Court says that he was at all times willing, steady, and absolutely trustworthy; and his former head teacher has testified to his industry, honesty, and faithfulness."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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