Charles Frederick Roy FELL

FELL, Charles Frederick Roy

Service Number: 2161
Enlisted: 15 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 1891
Home Town: Keiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Keiraville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Carter
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
Row N, Grave 23 Headstone inscription reads: Dearly beloved son of Alice Sellia and George Fell Commemorated in the Wollongong General Cemetery, NSW,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

15 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2161, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2161, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2161, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2161, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George and Alice Sellia Fell of Keiraville, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The 155 men of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21st July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training.

They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915.

Charlie Fell died 2 days later. He was reported as missing until a court of enquiry on 22 April 1916 determined his death as 6 August 1915. 

The discovery of his remains by the War Graves Commission was communicated to his parents during 1924. He was buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery.

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