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TOLL, Claude Charles
| Service Number: | 5228 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 21 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cabinetmaker |
| Died: | 4 November 1974, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5228, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5228, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5228, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Raid on Celtic Wood
‘After a demonstration made by the Battalion against enemy positions in CELTIC WOOD, east of YPRES, on the morning of 9/10/17 Pte. Toll accompanied Cpl. WILLIAMS to a shell hole in the Wood about 150 yards in front of our front line and carried in two wounded comrades to safety. This was done under very trying circumstances owing to the enemy’s heavy artillery fire and sniping. Pte. TOLL’S readiness and ability to help in this dangerous task was much admired by his officers and comrades.’ [i]
Returned to Australia in December 1918
[i] Australian War Memorial website - Honours and awards (Recommendations: First World War) all awards viewed 25 June 2012.
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