Charles KEY

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Service Number:	503
Enlisted:	19 February 1916, Port Pirie, South Australia after basic training assigned to 43rd Battalion, C Company intake.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 28 November 1879
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bronchopneumonia, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France, 10 November 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Burial reference: - Plot V. Row B. Grave 50.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 503, 1st Depot Battalion, Port Pirie, South Australia after basic training assigned to 43rd Battalion, C Company intake.
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 503, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 503, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
10 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 503, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Died of illness.

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