Charles Alfred BIRCH

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Service Number:	3011
Enlisted:	23 August 1915, signed up at Holdsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia, June 1894
Home Town:	Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver (carter)
Died:	Died Of Wounds, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Etaples, France, 3 July 1916
Cemetery:	Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France Plot II, Row R, Grave 9,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3011, signed up at Holdsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3011, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 18th Infantry Battalion, incorrectly written as 'BIRCN', from Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT Suevic A29
14 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 3rd Infantry Battalion, taken on strength at Tel-el-Kebir, from 18th Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 3rd Infantry Battalion, taken on strength at Tel-el-Kebir

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