Charles SAVOURY

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Service Number:	737
Enlisted:	17 February 1916, Enlisted at Kadina
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bethnal Green, East London, England, 1894
Home Town:	Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died Of Wounds - Scalp, Elbow And Shoulder, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France, Belgium, 8 August 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row W, Grave 32 Headstone inscription reads: God be with you till we meet again, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 737, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kadina
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 737, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 737, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 737, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounds to the scalp, elbow and shoulder

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Arrived in Australia aged 17 years

Son of William Savoury of 'ANZAC Villa', Swanage Road, Southend-on-Sea, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal