MONTIGNANI, Charles
| Service Number: | 569 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Board School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mericourt, France, 22 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 13. Personal Inscription HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 569, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 569, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 569, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Enlisted and served under the alias of Charles Walker.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age on arrival in Australia 20
Date of enlistment: 14.09.1914
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW.
Rank on enlistment-Private [later became Driver]
Australian Infantry-3rd Battalion- C Company.
Age at embarkation 25
Next of kin-Brother, J Walker, Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was 27 and the son of John Oswald Montignani and Agnes Bell Montignani of 12 Fettes Row, Edinburgh.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.
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