GARLAND, Charles Stewart
| Other Name: | Garland, Charles William Stewart - Birth Records |
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| Service Number: | 2038 |
| Enlisted: | 23 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1884 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Armidale School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mining Overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I. Row K. Grave 55. Inscription: THERE WAS HIS DUTY TO BE DONE AND HE DID IT |
| Memorials: | Armidale School War Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mosman War Memorial, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club World War 1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2038, Depot Battalion (AIF), Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Depot Battalion (AIF), Acting | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 8th Training Battalion (AIF), Disembarked Suez, Egypt | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 30th Infantry Battalion, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Ferry Post, Egypt | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion, Reverts to Private | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2038, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2038 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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CHARLES STEWART WILLIAM GARLAND
From Sydney. Born at Carcoar. Only son of Charles L. Garland M.L.A. and Mary Garland.
At TAS 6½ years from to February 1897 to June 1903. Junior gymnastics medal and Lower School Divinity Prize. Was in Cadets and played football for the School and later against the School as an Old Boy.
After leaving school, he joined his father in his mining enterprises and became a Mining Overseer. In 1907, he was dredging at Stewart Town in Canbilligo. In August 1914, he was helping construct a gold dredge on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand for a company of which his father was chairman.
Enlisted at Mosman 23.5.1915. "He was eager to enlist. He heard of the deaths of some of his old Armidale School companions in Gallipoli, he wrote to his father that he felt he could no longer ignore the call of duty and that he would join the N.Z. Forces; failing his father's consent, he returned to Australia and joined the forces of his native State. Consent being obtained, he returned to Sydney and immediately joined the 30th Battalion A.I.F. as a Private." He had been a member of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and expressed himself in “brush, pen and voice”.
Serving in the 30th Battalion A.I.F., he was given training duties in Australia and then went to Egypt. He longed for a chance to get to the French Front. From Egypt he wrote some letters, including one about meeting Dr Macartney, another 'Old Boy'. His Battalion at last embarked for the Somme and he wrote a letter to his parents in which he declared he was well and happy in the contemplation of the real object of his enlistment - actual fighting.
Sergeant Garland was killed instantly by machine gun fire at the Battle of Fromelles on the Somme, aged 29.
C.E.W. Bean records his death: "To ensure the trench being dug in the right direction, there went with this Section Sergeant Garland, carrying a signpost which he was to plant on the German parapet at the easternmost point captured by the Brigade ... (and) had almost reached the far side of no-mans land when he was shot dead". (Vol. 3 p.385)
Buried: France, 525 Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery
Obituary: “During his School days, he was a general favourite". "The late Sergeant Garland was an idealist, with a high sense of honour, strengthened by the traditions of his School and its associations"
Memorial: His name is on the Prince Alfred Yacht Club Honour Roll.
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