HULL, Charles
| Service Number: | 4524 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burrawang, New South Wales, Australia , 19 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Woodburn, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Buckendoon Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 28 March 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Buckendoon Public School HR, Evans Head Great War HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Woodburn Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4524, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4524, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4524, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 4524, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4524 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles was the son of Charles Thomas and Elizabeth Hull, of Buckendoon, Richmond River, New South Wales. Young Charles enlisted a few days after his father died in Buckendoon during September 1915.
He was a dairy farmer, and two of his brothers also enlisted and fought with the AIF. 2404 Private Archie Carl Hull 1st Light Horse Regiment was badly wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of Romani during August 1916 and was invalided to Australia a month later.
Another brother, 805 Private William James Hull 3rd Machine Gun Battalion was returned to Australia in July 1919.
Young Charles joined the 47th Battalion in Egypt in early 1916. He was wounded at Pozieres during their first major engagement in August 1916. He was evacuated to England with a gunshot wound to his left foot. He rejoined his unit during April 1917 and was wounded again, with shell shock, a couple of months later at Messines in Belgium. He was only out of action for a few days. He was promoted to Lance Corporal and then Sergeant in late 1917.
He was with the 47th Battalion on 28 March 1918 when they fought off a heavy German attack on their position at Dernancourt and was one of about 30 men from the Battalion killed on this day.
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