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MITCHELL, Charles Stewart
Personal Details
| 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, March 1892 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Macorna State School and Bendigo High School |
| Occupation: | Public servant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Norwich, England, United Kingdom, 3 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, England Grave 54. 679. INSCRIPTION DEARLY LOVED SON OF ALEX AND EMILY MITCHELL "OUR DEAR CHARLIE" , Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6545, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6545, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 6545, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 6545, 5th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW (buttock) |
Personal Stories
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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.’
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