Charles Bert SEVERS

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SEVERS, Charles Bert

Service Number:	4299
Enlisted:	7 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nethercote, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Nethercote, Bega Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Nethercote School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Sleeper Cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 June 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eden and District War Memorial, Pambula District Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

7 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4299, Sydney, New South Wales
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4299, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4299, 30th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
23 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4299, 30th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Bert SEVERS was born in Eden, NSW in 1892

His parents were James SEVERS and Isabella BARTLEY who married in Eden in 1891

Biography contributed by Sara Doyle-Marrapodi

Charles Bert Severs enlisted with his brothers, James and David Severs. Both James and David returned however Charles was killed in action whilst transferring a German prisoner. The family were informed a shell had struck and killed both Charles and the German prisoner.

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