Charles John TOPLIFFE

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Service Number:	689
Enlisted:	4 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Haywood, England, United Kingdom, 1888
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

4 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 689, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 689, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 689, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Son of C and A Topliffe of Goldsworthy Road, Flexhow, Manchester, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Manchester Regiment for 4 years