SMALLACOMBE, Charles Dudley
| Service Numbers: | 470, 470A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Wirrabara, South Australia, 11 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street State School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 470, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 470, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 470, Charles Dudley Smallacombe Disembarked from Devonport on the 3rd of March 1917 | |
| 23 Feb 1918: | Wounded Private, 470A, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Charles Dudley Smallacombe's Mother Received a letter from one 'J.M Lean' a major in charge of 'Base Records' informing her that her son had been wounded due to the effects of gas on the 23rd of February 1918. His postal address: no. 470A, Private C.D Smallacombe, 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 470A, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 14 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 470, Charles Dudley Smallacombe had been scheduled to leave prematurely most likely due to the injuries he had sustained. |
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Charles Dudley Smallacombe was born on 11/03/1894 in a small town called Wirrabara just mid-north of SA. Charles lived on 40 High Street, just behind the Wirrabara Producers Market. Smallacombe was 22 and ½ years old at the time of his enlistment and worked as a Clerk in Wirrabara before being enlisted on September the 11th 1916. Charles Dudley’s Mother, Alice Smallacombe was born in the City of Adelaide living at 115 Carrington Street while Smallacombe’s father has no mention. He was 170.688 cm and weighed 57 kg and his chest reached 81.28-88.9 cm and his hair was brown, his eyes were blue his complexion was white, and his religion was the Church of England.
Smallacombe enlisted in the Army on September 11th, 1916, in Adelaide, SA, and signed an oath to be ‘taken by person being enlisted’. Charles Smallacombe was allocated to ‘Unit 6,9.M.G.COY’ on the 22nd of October 1916.
Smallacombe served as a Private during World War 1 with a service number 470A, his role title was 9 Machine Gun Company - 1 to 6 Reinforcements on May-December 1916 (also the 4th Machine Gun Battalion).
Smallacombe embarked at Melbourne 22-12-16 and disembarked Devonport 3-3-17. During the war, Smallacombe's Mother Received a letter from one 'J.M Lean' a major in charge of 'Base Records' informing her that her son had been wounded due to the effects of gas on the 23rd of February 1918.
Charles had committed an offense, that offense being leaving with-out approval or 'AWOL' (absent without official leave) on November the 2nd of November 1916. Charles Smallacombe proceeded to be AWOL this time 9 days later, on 11/12/1916.
The reason for Charles Smallacombe’s exit from the AIF was because of his ' Cessation of Hostilities’, his total service was 2 years and 277 days, and his service abroad was 2 years and 137 days.
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