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THORNTON, Charles Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 514 |
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Enlisted: | 25 January 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Goornong, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Goornong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Goornong State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 26 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Aveluy Wood Cemetery, (Lancashire Dump), Mesnil-Martinsart Plot I, Row M, Grave No.9, Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Picardie, France, Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goornong District Honor Roll WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 514, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 514, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
28 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, Trench raid | |
27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
26 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
26 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 514, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 514 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-26 |
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