Charles Stewart (Charlie) MITCHELL

MITCHELL, Charles Stewart

    Service Number: 6545
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    11 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6545, Melbourne, Victoria
    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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    Biography 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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