NEWTON, Charles Robert
| Service Number: | 856 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tighis Hill, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | DoW, SW side and back, 44th Casualty Clearing Station, 1st Passchendaele, Belgium, 14 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 13, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 856, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 856, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 856, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
99 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 6th November 1920, the Smedmore Roll of Honour was unveiled at the Smedmore Mechanics’ Institute, which was filled to its capacity.
33 names had been inscribed on a white Italian marble slab of local men who had enlisted and served in The Great War, 8 designated as paying the supreme sacrifice.
The Newcastle Morning Herald report has only listed the names of the fallen.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140081873
The whereabouts of this historic piece of Newcastle history is unknown, so any information would be greatly appreciated.
A photo taken by Ed Tonks OAM shows that it had cracked.
I do not have a copy of the photo to submit unfortunately, but you can view this Roll of Honour on the “Remembrance” CD, at the Newcastle Family History Society.
One of the fallen inscribed is awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
Private Charles Robert Newton, 35th Battalion, miner from 3 Harrison Street, Smedmore, New South Wales, fell on the 14th October 1917 at the 1st Battle of Passchendaele, age 36.
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1658267/
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 27th March 1881 to William Sargison (died 1899) and Robina (died 1924) Newton, Charles enlisted December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Mr Newton is resting at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot V Row D Grave 13.
Unfortunately, there is no headstone at his father’s gravesite, therefore no memorial inscription, so I have placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. PRESBYTERIAN-8NE. 43.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=419454#photo-1
Charles’s older brother Edward Thomas Newton, 53rd Battalion, who lost a right arm at the Battle of Fromelles, had been resting in an unmarked grave, but has now been officially commemorated.
Many thanks to Edward's Great Great Niece Kim Newton for the notification, photos and family history.
Lest We Forget.
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