CHICK, Charles William
| Service Number: | 1699 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lilydale, Tasmania, Australia, 28 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Lilydale, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Lilydale State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 28 March 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1699, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1699, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1699, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of Edward Arthur and Susan Charlotte Chick, of Lilydale, Tasmania.
He was the brother of 8257 Driver Clifford Henry Chick 15th Field Company Engineers and 1012 Private Peter Chadwick Chick 12th Battalion AIF, an original Anzac.
Charles Chick trained in England with the bulk of the 40th Battalion before they embarked for France in late 1916. He was twice severely wounded, at Messines during June 1917 and again at Ypres during October 1917, being evacuated to England on both occasions.
His death was reported in the Launceston papers of May 1918, "The deceased was a native of Lilydale, and had, prior to enlisting, resided in the land of his birth, and was employed by Mr. Wade, of Forwood Orchards. He was a most painstaking worker, and was an expert packer. On the sporting field he took a prominent part, being a very successful rider in the road races held at Lilydale five years ago. He was also a very enthusiastic footballer, and a valuable member of the Lilydale Rovers, a team which disbanded soon after the outbreak of war."
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