LAWIE, Charles
| Service Number: | 153 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Monymusk via Aberdeen, Scotland, 8 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Atherton Queensland, 23 September 1971, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Atherton Lawn Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Involvement 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Egypt. Entrained to Polygon Camp Abassia where Battalion undertook training. | |
| 5 Sep 1915: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Minnewaska A11 Egypt to Mudros Harbour on Lemnos Island Greece | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Mudros Harbour to Gallipoli | |
| 18 Dec 1915: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Departed Gallipoli to Lemos Island. | |
| 7 Jan 1916: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororatoo Lemnos Island to Alexandria Egypt disembarking 9 Jan 16 | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, SS Minneapolis Alexandria to Marseilles France disembarking 20 Mar 1916 | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Involved in conflicts on the Western Front including Somme, Belgium and Flers | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bayonet wound abdomen during German counter attack near Moquet Farm, Pozierres Heights | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Wounded 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wounds severe leg and back. Whilst moving to front line near village of Le Sars got hit by a burst of machine gun fire which killed 2 and wounded 2. | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Hospital Ship St Patrick from No. 5 General Hospital Rouen to Plymouth England to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital and later to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Harefield. | |
| 11 Sep 1917: | Embarked 153, 25th Infantry Battalion, Hospital Ship HMAT Ulysses Plymouth to Melbourne arrivng 13 November 1917 and transferred overland to Brisbane. Temporarily returned to duty in Sydney 31 January 1918 before being discharged as medically unfit 2 March 1918. |
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Summary of Service
1/3/15 - Enlisted Lismore, New South Wales.
28/6/15 - Embarked Pinkenba, Brisbane, Queensland.
4/8/15 - Disembarked and arrived Abyssia Camp, Cairo, Egypt.
4/9/15 - Embarked Alexandria, Egypt on A11 HM Minniwaska.
7/9/15 - Arrived Port of Mudros, Lemnos Island, Greece.
11/9/15 - Disembarked Gallipoli.
18/12/15 - Embarked Gallipoli. Disembarked Lemnos.
7/1/16 - Embarked Mudros Port, Lemnos.
9/1/16 - Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt ex Mudros.
14/3/16 - Proceeded to join BEF
19/3/16 - Disembarked Marseilles, France.
5/8/16 - Wounded in Action, Bayonet wound abdomen, Pozieres Heights, France.
24/8/16 - Rejoined Battalion.
6/2/17 - Wounded in Action, Gunshot wound leg and back, Flers, France.
14/2/17 - Embarked for England on Hospital Ship St Patrick. Transferred to 1st Auxilliary Hospital, Harefield, England.
15/7/17 - Admitted to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Northfield, England.
10/9/17 - Returned to Australia per HMAT A38 Ulysses.
2/3/18 - Discharged 2nd Military District.
Awards
1914/15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
ANZAC Commemorative Medallion
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