Charles Henry HAAR

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HAAR, Charles Henry

Service Numbers:	1705, 5611
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nhill, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gripman
Died:	Killed in Action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1705, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1705, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5611, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5611, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5611, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5611 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography

Regimental number 1705
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 32
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Haar, 80 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Enlistment date 5 January 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/24/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 14 April 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 5611
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 22nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular The deceased soldier served twice. First in the 7th Bn and then in the 22nd Bn.
Fate Killed in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or wounding Tyne Cot, Ypres, Belgium
Family/military connections Pte Peter Palmer, 21st Bn. Cousin

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