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BOSWARD, Charles Frederick Richmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 958 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 14 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 958, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 958, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1915: | Involvement 958, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 958 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Corporal Charles Frederick Richmond Bosward, who died of wounds at the Dardanelles, was thé youngest son (aged 25 years) of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bosward, of Selwyn-street, Paddington. Coming to Sydney from Leeton, where he had been employed in the office of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission for the past three years, he joined the 4th Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade A.I.P., and prior to leaving Egypt was attached to battalion headquarters staff as corporal under Lieut. R. J. A. Massie (adjutant). He was well known among sportsmen of Sydney and Leeton.
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