BARCLAY, Charles Octavius
| Service Number: | 834 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916, Mildura, Victoria Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle-on-Tyne, South Shields, England, 8 June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 June 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot 1 Row B, Grave 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Mildura, Victoria Australia | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 834, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 834, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Octavius BARCLAY was born in Newcastle on Tyne, England in 1887
His parents were John (Jack) BARCLAY & Hannah ROCHESTER
He married Ethel Lillian HALFORD in Sydney, NSW on 16th September, 1909 - 3 known children, Lilly Adeline, Charles Leslie & Ada Florence all born in Victoria - his son Charles Leslie died as a baby in 1917
He enlisted in Mildura on 11th March, 1916 & embarked from Melbourne on 20th June, 1916 with the 38th Infantry Battalion on the HMAT Runic
Charles was Killed in Action in France on 18th June 1918 and is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery at Villers Bretonneux
His headstone reads -
"There is a link death cannot sever
Love and remembrance last for ever"
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