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MESSER, Charles John

Service Numbers:	6296, W63291
Enlisted:	28 March 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Coolgardie, Western Australia, 2 October 1899
Home Town:	Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drapers assistant
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 24 June 1973, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic section, Lawn 9, grave number 0332.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Coolgardie Kunanalling State School Honour Roll, Wagin Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6296, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6296, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6296, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6296, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle

World War 2 Service

15 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, W63291

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