KAMMERMAN, Charles
| Service Number: | 3700 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Morgan, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yeelanna, Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Streaky Bay, South Australia, Australia, 4 September 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Streaky Bay Cemetery, S.A. Section: WESTERN Plot/Grave/Niche: 57D |
| Memorials: | Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia, Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 3700, 7th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 3700, 7th Field Ambulance, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 27 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3700, 7th Field Ambulance |
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Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Glen Scholz
Changed his name when enlisting from Carl Herman Kammerman to Charles Kamerman
In August 1916 the stretcher bearer parties were working in the 'collecting zones' at Pozieres, where the wounded had been carried by regimental stretcher bearers back from the front line.
On the 26th August the 7th Field Ambulance received an urgent request to relieve the 5th Field Ambulance bearers who had been on duty continuously for 13 days. 63 bearers were sent to CHALK PIT, roads were impassable for motorised vehicles, heavy artillery fire resulted in killing 8 bearers with one shell as they moved near to the firing line.
'On the night of the 27th August, 1916, at about 9 p.m. when in charge of a horse ambulance wagon awaiting patients at CASUALTY CORNER (BAILIFF WOOD) heavy shell fire was opened by the enemy on that spot. Driver KAMMERMAN was standing at his horses heads at the time. The horses which were terrified and maddened by the shells, and one of which was wounded, broke away and raced down the road, KAMMERMAN ran after them, succeeded in catching them up and controlling them, at great personal risk to himself, both from shell fire and plunging horses, and returned with them to CASUALTY CORNER. The whole incident happened under heavy shell fire.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917
Charles Kammerman was awarded the Military Medal for bravery.
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