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LEE, Charles James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 162 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 16 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, buried at sea, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 12 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 162, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 162, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 162, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 162, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 162 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
An only son of James and Amy Lee of Longford, Tasmania. James was severely wounded in the thigh on 7 August 1915 and died of wounds aboard the HMHS Sicilia 5 days later.
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