MAYMAN, Charles Horace Victor
| Service Number: | 634 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kent Town, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | House Decorator |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 24 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 634, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 634, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 27 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 24 Sep 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 634, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 634 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-24 | |
| 24 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 634, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shot through the spine by a machine gun. |
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Charles Mayman was born on the 17th of August 1884, South Australia, Kent Town. Mayman lived his life there until he met a lady by the name of Olive, soon to be Olive May Mayman. They had 4 kids which is shown on Charles' next of kin. Charles enlisted in the Australian Army on the 26th of February, 1915, aged 30 years and 6 months old. But before enlisting as a soldier, Charles was formerly known as a house decorator. And in a local South Australian paper it said that he had previously conducted art classes in Kensington. Mayman had a pretty large family that he was leaving behind, a wife and four children. Going into war his family would never know the outcome, so they would be extremely scared and fearful as he travelled into unknown territory. Charles was going into the war under no training at at all, which also was a bad sign to be an inexperienced soldier.
The Battalion of Charles was the 27th, made mostly from South Australians in the city region. The 27th Battalion was one of the most unexperienced out of most from South Australia. The Battalion was formed mainly of people from the city region e.g., Norwood, St Peters etc. The Battalion did not transport to Egypt to get any training, but were required on the Gallipoli frontlines. Taking into the account that the ANZAC’s were coming up against machine guns, snipers and artillery of the Turks, this was extremely risky and no training may force them to pay the price. Boat HMAT A2 departed from Geelong on the 31st of May and 3 months later, they arrived in Gallipoli.
On the 19th of June Private Charles Horace Victor Mayman was promoted to a Lance Corporal. Some time during September 1915, on the frontline of ANZAC trenches, it was time for the 27th Battalion to step up against the Turks. Many not knowing what to expect, but from the damage and deaths they had seen, they knew it wasn’t going to be pretty. Charles had only been on the frontline for a few days before he was wounded in action on the frontline. He was wounded in action early on the 25th of September and was seen to have his wound dressed. A couple hours later he went straight back into the front line, but when was sapping on Chunuk Bahah he was seen to be shot by a sniper right through the lungs. A regimental doctor by the name of Dr Marshall took him to the beach were he eventually died.
Whilst Charles is just one of tens-of-thousands of ANZAC’S that died in WW1, it is important we acknowledge the bravery that these soldiers had to go and fight in terrible conditions. His grave lies in the Embarkation Pier Cemetery Gallipoli, Turkey.
Bibliography:
- http://www.naa.gov.au
- https://www.awm.gov.au
- https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au
- http://www.cwgc.org
- https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au
- http://trove.nla.gov.au
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