POWER, Charles William
| Service Number: | 821 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, An original of G Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birchip, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Birchip, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Birchip State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, At sea (HMAT Ascanius), At sea (HMAT Ascanius A11), 11 November 1914 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birchip War Memorial, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 821, 11th Infantry Battalion, An original of G Company | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 821, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 821, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private Charles William Power was the second man of the 11th Battalion AIF to die on active service, the first having died at sea the day before, aboard the Ascanius on the way to Egypt. Charles was a single man, a farmer 19 and a half years of age, and his next of kin were his parents Mary and Alfred Power, who were farmers at Birchip in Victoria.
On his roll of honour form "Three brothers original Anzacs", by his Dad, Alfred.
His younger brother Gordon Albert Power was serving with the 24 Battalion, No.2 Company Training Depot when he died, reportedly of meningitis at Broadmeadows Camp on 24 May 1915, five months after his brother. A Court of Inquiry on his service record show he died at the Birchip local hospital of pneumonia and septicemia.
Another brother Alfred served with the 14th Battalion as a Private and later with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion as a Sergeant. He suffered a gun shot wounds to his left thigh in 1918, had his leg amputated at the thigh and was consequently discharged on medical grounds on 11 November 1918, 4 years to the day after his brother Charles died at sea on the Ascanius.
Another brother Walter Power served with the 13th Battalion at Gallipoli and later with the 45th Battalion in France, he was discharged on family grounds in 1918.