STEVENS, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 6336 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Oaklands, Urana, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row L, Grave No. 2, Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Achiet-le-Grand, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6336, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6336, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6336, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Killed in action at Hermies, the day the 2nd Battalion captured it on 9 April 1917. He was sent up to the cook house and was killed by a shell when returning, carrying a dixie of tea. He was barely 18 years of age.
His older brother, 2228 Pte William James Stevens 22nd Battalion was killed in action, 5 August 1916, age 34.
Other brothers, 3132 Pte Sidney Stevens, 33rd Bn, returned to Australia, 15 April 1918, gunshot wound to the face.
3239A Pte George Stevens, 45th Bn, returned to Australia, 21 July 1918, bullet wound left forearm, compound fracture ulna and dislocated radius.
457 Pte Augustus Stevens, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 25 January 1919;
Jerilderie Herald 27 April 1917. PRIVATE CHARLES STEVENS.
Still another Jerilderie soldier has given his life for his country. The sad intelligence that Private Charles Stevens had lost his life in France, was received by his sister, Mrs. Thos. White, on Wednesday. Following so closely upon the news of Gunner Mallon's death, the information was received with profound, regret, and fully brought home to all the repulsiveness of this devastating conflict. Private Stevens was probably the youngest soldier, who answered the call from these parts. Although a native of Jerilderie he enlisted from Oaklands, but spent his final leave in Jerilderie, where he was tendered a farewell at the Town Hall in August last year. He was the youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Stevens, (for many years residents of Jerilderie) and was one of five brothers at the front. Private Stevens was a bright lad and still in his teens; and it is a matter of surprise that he was engaged at the immediate front; but no details are yet forthcoming as to the exact manner in which he lost his life. Sincere and general sympathy is extended to his relatives at home, and to his patriotic soldier brothers at the front, in the sad blow which has befallen them.