LATTA, Charles Harold
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston,Tasmania, Australia, 2 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Launceston Church Grammar School, Geelong College, University of Sydney |
| Occupation: | Metallurgist |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 23 July 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Calais Southern Cemetery, France Plot A. Row Officers. Grave 10. |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Joseph and Helen Josephine Latta, of Launceston, Tasmania.
SO DEARLY LOVED SO DEEPLY MOURNED
LATTA. - On the 23rd July, at the 13th General Hospital, Calais (France), from wounds, Lieutenant Charles Harold Latta, 58th Battalion, A.I. F., aged 25 years, eldest son of Mrs Latta, Bexley, High street
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT LATTA,
AN EX-WEST COASTER
Launceston, Friday Night.— Word was received here to-day that Lieutenant Charles H. Latta, eldest son of late Mr. G. J. Latta aged 25, had died of wounds at Calais. Deceased, who was a native of Launceston, was, prior to enlisting, employed as assayer at the Mount Bischoff mine, at Waratah.
News was received in Launceston on July 28 of the death from wounds of Lieutenant C.H. Latta. Lieut Latta passed away in the 18th General Hospital, Calais, France on July 23. He was educated at the Launceston Church Grammar School and the Geelong College. He qualified in Metallurgy and Assaying at Sydney University in 1912, and was for some time employed as assayer at the Mount Bischoff mine. He enlisted in Victoria about 12 months ago.