FAUX, Charles John
| Service Number: | 2366 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Footscray State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, United Kingdom, 19 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England B10, Grave No. 226 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2366, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2366, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 19th September…… Charles John Faux (jr) was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1889.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th July, 1915 as a 26 year old, single, Labourer at Colonial Sugar Refinery from 7 Astin Street, Yarraville, Victoria.
Private Charles John Faux, Service number 2366, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on RMS Osterley on 29th September, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements.
On 11th January, 1916 Private Faux was taken on strength of 23rd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir from 5th Reinforcements.
He embarked from Alexandria to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) on 19th March, 1916 on Troopship Lake Michigan & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 26th March, 1916.
Private Charles John Faux took part in a raid on enemy’s trenches on night of 29th – 30th June, 1916.
War Diary – 23rd Battalion
Rue de Bois – 29th June, 1916:
Battalion in Reserve. Day quiet in S.S. LINE. Issued Operation Order No 12. Covering relief of 22nd BN. night of 30th June 1st July. At midnight a raiding party of 252 drawn from 21st/22nd/23rd & 24th BNS carried out a successful enterprise on enemy trenches. The line was entered in three places. The 23rd BN. party commanded by CAPT H. M. CONRAN. LIEUT. W.A. CULL (Scout Officer) entered at I 26 B 10 6 ¼ (Ref Map 36 N.W. 1/10,000) considerable difficulty in entering as wire had not been cut. Party remained in enemy trench 8 minutes doing considerable damage. Our Artillery & Trench Mortars co-operated. The results of the raid by all parties were: Enemy Killed 80 Prisoners 5. 23rd BN casualties were O.R. 1 KILLED 4 WOUNDED 1 MISSING. Strength 31 Officers 941 O.R.
(Extract of War Diary from the Australian War Memorial)
On 4th August, 1916 Private Charles John Faux was wounded in action in France. He was admitted to 36th Field Ambulance on 5th August, 1916 with shrapnel wound/s & fractured leg. Private Faux was transferred to 44th Casualty Clearing Station on 5th August, 1916 with multiple shrapnel wounds. He was transferred to No. 26 Ambulance Train & admitted to 8th Stationary Hospital at Wimereux, France on 6th August, 1916. Private Faux was transferred to Boulogne on 10th August, 1916 & embarked for England on Hospital Ship Cambria with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) multiple.
He was admitted to Dudley Rd Hospital, Birmingham, England on 10th August, 1916.
Private Charles John Faux died on 19th September, 1916 at 1st Southern General Hospital (Dudley Rd Section), Birmingham, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W. multiple – Leg amputated & Septicaemia.
He was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England – his name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall B10. 226 as he does not have a headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
Biography contributed by Sandra Rae Glew
from - The Footscray Advertiser, Saturday, October 14, 1916
News hasbeen received by the parents of Pte. C. J. Faux, of Aston st., Yarraville, that he has succumbed to wounds received on the 4th August in the battle of Pozieres. Death took place in the Birmingham hospital on 19th September, Pte. Faux was 28 years of age and an old employee of the Colonial Sugar refining Co. at Yarraville, and was for years a member of the Footscray Swimming Club. He enlisted July 1915; sailed September 7th, 1915; was in France from March 12th. Another brother, Pte. J. faux, enlisted as a bandsman at Broadmeadows camp. He has now been transferred to the A. M. C. as sretcher bearer.
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