GUNN, Charles Edward
| Service Number: | 858 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sebastopal, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sebastopol State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in action (Drowned), At sea after HMT Southland was torpedoed, 2 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row L, Grave 21 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 858, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 858, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 858, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 30 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 1 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 858, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 858 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Charles Edward Gunn was a carpenter, born and living in Sebastapol , when he enlisted on the 5th January 1915. He was 22 years old and single. He was sent to the 21st Infantry Battalion , with Regimental No. 858.
During his training he was promoted to Corporal.
On the voyage from Egypt to Gallipoli as a re-enforcement his troopship, HMAT Southland was torpedoed and Private Gunn was drowned. He is buried at East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.
Source: honouringouranzacs.com.au
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Charles Edward Gunn (SN 858) was born and living in Sebastopol when he enlisted on 5th January 1915. He was a 22-year-old, single, Carpenter. He was sent to the 21st Infantry Battalion and sailed from Australia in May and undertook further training in Egypt. On 2nd September 1915, while on the voyage from Egypt to Gallipoli, his troopship, HMAT Southland was torpedoed. Private Gunn was drowned. He is buried at East Mudros Military Cemetery on Lemnos, Greece.
Death Notice The Argus 4 Oct 1915 and The Australasian 9 Oct 1915: Drowned on Active Service, Corporal C E Gunn, beloved fiancée of Edith Nisbet, 14 Chatsworth Rd, East Prahran
BALLARAT AND DISTRICT MEN
CORPORAL C. E. GUNN
Mrs Gunn, of Sebastopol, whose son, Corp C. E. Gunn. was first reported missing, believed to be drowned, and then officially reported drowned, has received the following letter from Capt -, at Lemnos. under date 4th September:--"I have a most unpleasant task to perform in writing to you of the death of Corp C. E. Gunn, of our (21st) battalion. His death was the result of an explosion, and he must have been killed instantly. I knew him and his brother, Jerry, in the old football days of Christ Church and Rubicon street, and I could not refrain from sending a few lines for the sake of old times. Your son had a magnificent character in the battalion, and his quiet ways; soon won him friends. Your boy died at his post in a brave and dearless manner, and as a true son of Australia. He is buried in Mundros East Cemetery, on the the Island of Lemnos.
GUNN.—A tribute to the memory of my beloved fiance, Corporal Chas. Edward Gunn, killed on torpedoed "Southland," 2nd September, 1915.
So dearly loved; so sadly missed.
(E. Nisbet.)
GUNN.—In loving memory of Corporal C. E. Gunn (Eddie), killed on the Southland, 2nd September, 1915.
He died that we might live.
—(Inserted by Mr. and Mrs. Nisbet and family.)
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