Charles William WOODLAND

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WOODLAND, Charles William

Service Number:	3660
Enlisted:	1 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 75, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wodonga War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3660, 23rd Infantry Battalion
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3660, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3660, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
21 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3660, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3660 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-21

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Charles was wounded in action, 19 July 1916 (shrapnel wound, abdomen), and admitted to 8th Field Ambulance; then transferred to 8th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 July 1916, where he died of wounds at 6.15 p.m.

His older brother, 4341 Pte. Louis John Woodland 5th Battalion AIF, died of wounds on 15 October 1918, aged 30.

Another brother, 2514 Pte Arthur Woodland, 57th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919.

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