Charles CHISHOLM

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Service Number:	675
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1886
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Merchant
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Grave 35 Chaplain A. Tillison officiated Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
27 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 675, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 675, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 675 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-27

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Address at the time of enlistment was MacQuarie Street, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin was given as his brother Sydney Chisholm of Brondsbury, London, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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