Charles FACER

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Service Number:	4405
Enlisted:	10 October 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leicestershire, England, 1894
Home Town:	Bell, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1983, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

10 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4405, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
30 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4405, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4405, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane
28 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Battle for Pozières , Captured while wounded. Hospitalised in Kriegslazarett, Coudry. Later transferred to the Kriegagefanganenlager at Darmstadt on 14 October 1916
2 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4405, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded and ex POW

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Cooinda', Bell, QLD

Son of Josiah Facer and Emma Facer nee Barnett of Husbands, Bosworth, England

On 21 February 1919 Charles married Ethel May Broughton in the Husbands Parish Church, Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Commenced return to Australia on the 12 July 1919 aboard HT Indarra disembarking on 10 September 1919 for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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