Charles KINGSTON

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Service Number:	2929
Enlisted:	14 September 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Durham, England. , June 1877
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXV, Row D, Grave No. 2, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mareeba Woothakata Shire Roll of Honor

14 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 49th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2929, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2929, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 49th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot Wound to the shoulder.
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 49th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot Wound to abdomen.

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