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MITCHENER, Charles Louis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2636 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Southampton, England, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | King Edward VI Grammar Southampton England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2636, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2636, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 25 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Came to Australia at 16 years of age.
To assist the British 62nd Division at 2nd Bullecourt the Medium Trench Mortars of the 4th Australian Division were to be emplaced facing that village to support the flank of the British attack. The crews with their mortars and ammunition were waiting on the railway embankment on that flank when, at 4.30am on 3 May 1917 a German shell exploded their ammunition destroying all the mortars and ammunition, killing Mitchener and 26 other men of the unit and wounding many others.
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