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RAGLESS, Charles Wilson
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | SN 608, 607 |
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Enlisted: | 11 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 5th Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
Born: | Witchelina, South Australia, Australia , 17 August 1885 |
Home Town: | Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
Schooling: | Blanchetown, South Australia |
Occupation: | Pastoralist |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 February 1917, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France I D 13 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blanchetown & District WW1 Memorial, Farina War Memorial, Laura Peak Vale Roll of Honour, Wirrabara District WW1 Roll of Honour, Wirrabara War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 608, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Thirty-Six embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Thirty-Six, Newcastle | |
9 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Disembarked Gallipoli and joined B.E.F. | |
15 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded slightly in Monash Valley, Gallipoli. | |
19 Oct 1915: | Involvement ANZAC / Gallipoli, Mentioned in Despatches. Ext. Gallipoli from Army Corps Order 345. | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Disembarked from Gallipoli with the withdrawal campaign and proceeded to Alexandria. Mentioned in Despatches on 19.10. 1915. Endured the hardships of Gallipoli with fellow Diggers. | |
15 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Division Artillery , Transferred to 5th Division Artillery. | |
19 Oct 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 607, 5th Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 607 awm_unit: 5th Division Trench Mortar Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-02-10 |
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Son of William John RAGLESS and Elizabeth Louisa BLACKHAM