Charles Henry HOUSE

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Service Number:	2188
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Busselton, Western Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sleeper Cutter
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2188, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2188, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
27 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 44th Infantry Battalion, In England
10 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 44th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound fracturing the tibia. Invalided to England on 19 January 1917
18 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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Son of Charles House and Gertrude May House nee Wright of Busselton, WA

Husband of Frances Lillian House nee Higgins of 'Glen Iris', Bunbury, WA. Charles and Frances married during 1916c in Wellington, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 25 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal