HAMILTON, Charles Leslie
| Service Number: | 1127 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearing machine expert |
| Memorials: | Moree Methodist Church Honour Roll, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1127, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1127, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marere embarkation_ship_number: A21 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1127, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Marere, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Pte Charles Leslie Hamilton M.M., 1st Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 13 May 1919.
Charles was the son of Charles John and Harriet Josephine Hamilton, of Garah, New South Wales. He was born and raised in Moree, New South Wales. He was stated to be a shearing machine expert when he enlisted.
He lost two brothers during WW1, 783 Pte Herbert Percival Hamilton 1st Light Horse Regiment was killed in action at Gallipoli, 7 August 1915. 1090 Pte Clive Stanley Hamilton 45th Battalion was killed in action in Belgium on 6 October 1916, aged 23.
He was awarded a Military Medal for the Middle East, ‘At AMMAN on 25th September, 1918, for great ash and initiative in that he when working a Hotchkiss Rifle pushed his rifle forward onto the flank of a party of the enemy who were holding the railway line bringing enfilade fire onto them and causing them to surrender. He then pushed forward with his rifle and gave excellent covering fire to his Squadron attacking a . . . and greatly assisted his Squadron in capturing an enemy strong post.’
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