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BROCKWELL, Charles Horace
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 39 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Maryborough State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium I. B. 11. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 39, 39th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 39, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 39, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 30 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 39, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 39 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
On 30 April 1917 the 39th Battalion were in the front lines near the Belgian town of Ploegsteert. At around 4 am the Germans began an intense artillery barrage and launched a raid against part of the Australian line. Men of the 39th Battalion managed to drive off a party of as many as 80 enemy soldiers, but suffered more than 60 casualties from enemy shell-fire, including 14 killed, including Brockwell.
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