SINCLAIR, Charles
| Service Number: | 552 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, 28 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 July 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 552, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 552, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 552, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember the 16th name inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour as Fallen.
On the 18th July 1917, Private Charles E Sinclair, 35th Battalion (Reg No-552), labourer from Black Hill, Minmi, New South Wales, was Killed in Action, age 22 years 11 months. Cause of death unknown.
Emigrated to Australia in 1909.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Liverpool, England on the 28th August 1894 (not confirmed) to Charles and Elizabeth Jane Sinclair, from 49 Ponsonley Street, Princess Park, Liverpool, England (1917) and 109 Granby Street, Princess Park, Liverpool, England (1917) and 66 Hatherley Street, Princes Park, Liverpool, England, Charles enlisted on the 29th November 1915, age 21 years 3 months, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Reported Wounded in Action 18.7.1917.
Now reported Killed in Action 18.7.1917.
Nothing else located on Trove.
Charles is resting at Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve-Eglise, Belgium. Plot II Row C Grave 20.
https://www.cwgc.org/.../casualt.../444065/charles-sinclair/.
Place of Association - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Should be Minmi.
Unfortunately, there is no known area to place poppies for Charles in remembrance of his service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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