TWIGHT, Charles
| Service Number: | 3490 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Northcote State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3490, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 3490, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 3490, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
A brother, Private George Leonard Twight, 1516, was killed in action at Gallipoli during the Lone Pine battle, and two others, Albert Charles and Leslie Norman Twight enlisted and returned to Australia safely, although Albert died in 1922, highly probably as a result of his war service.
Red Cross File for Charles Twight states, "At Villers Bretonneux about the end of April or the beginning of May we found a body in No Man's Land in which there was a wallet and other things belonging to a man of this name. They have been forwarded to his married sister at Northcote." (Private. R.T Bennett, No, 7443)
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