Charles Harry SINCLAIR

SINCLAIR, Charles Harry

Service Number: 5482
Enlisted: 25 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Avenel, Victoria, Australia, 1899
Home Town: Panoobamawm, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: Huntly Public School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, Ebblinghem, France, 12 June 1918
Cemetery: Ebblinghem Military Cemetery
Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 24, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Huntly Memorial Hall Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5482, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5482, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5482, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
1 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Belgium
1 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France
12 Jun 1918: Involvement Private, 5482, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5482 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-12
12 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5482, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Multiple SW sustained near Strazeele. Evacuated to 15th CCS at Ebblinghem, where he died of his wounds later the same day.

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte Sinclair sustained multiple SW while in the line near Strazeele on 12 June 1918. He was evacuated to 15th CCS (then stationed at Ebblinghem), where he died of his wounds later the same day.