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HUSSEY, Charles Aubrey
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1640 |
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Enlisted: | 12 March 1915, Enlisted at Langwarrin, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kerang, Victoria, Australia, 22 February 1896 |
Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Lake Boga State School No. No 2596 and Rainbow State School No. 3313, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Signwriter |
Died: | Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia, 19 March 1981, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Cremation. Eastern Drive Walls, Wall J2, Niche 202. Ashes interred on 19 November 1981. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Langwarrin, Victoria | |
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28 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
28 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
30 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, From Alexandria en route to Gallipoli via Lemnos | |
1 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
19 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Alexandria, embarked for Marseilles, France where he arrived 25 March, 1916 | |
5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
5 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Devonport, UK per HT Armagh. Disembarked Australia 18 May, 1919 | |
17 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1640, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Hussey and Beatrice Hussey of Murray Street, Malvern, Victoria.
Served his signwriting apprenticeship with U.P. Mack of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on the 18 May 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal