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CHARLES, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1056 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hereford, England., 1891 |
Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1056, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1056, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1891 CHARLES William Henry Hereford 6a 473.
He was 24 and the son of William and Hannah Charles.
He is remembered on the war memorials in the parish churches of HEREFORD ST JAMES and HEREFORD BAPTIST CHURCH.