WALL, Charles George
| Service Numbers: | 1744, 1774 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundamba, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 28 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Bundamba, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Bundamba Primary School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Brisbane Queensland Australia , 8 February 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bundamba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1744, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1744, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1744, 49th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 13 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1774, 49th Infantry Battalion, WIA: Boulogne, France | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1744, 49th Infantry Battalion, WIA: France | |
| 20 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1744, 49th Infantry Battalion, per Port Napier for Australia | |
| 20 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1744, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Charles was the eldest of eight children of Evan George Wall (born in Wales, UK) and Margaret Elizabeth Holland (born in Dorchester in Dorset UK)
Charles was living at Bergin's Hiil, Bundamba in Ipswich QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in 1916. He was Wounded in Action on two occasions in France, and on his Discharge in 1919, Charles returned to Ipswich QLD and worked as a Coal Miner.
In 1920, Charles married Elizabeth Cunningham Hardie in Ipswich, QLD, and they continued to live in Bundamba, Ipswich QLD where Charles was working as a Cola Miner.
During the 1930's, Charles and his family mobed to Blue Lagoon at Injune via Roma in QLD where Charles worked as a Miner until the early 1940's when the family returned to Bundamba in Ipswich QLD.
Charles and Elizabeth remained in Bundamba in Ipswich QLD, where Chartles wotrked as a Miner until he retired in 1954. They then moved to Maroochydore in QLD where Charles died in 1969.