TERLICH, Charles Oswald
| Service Number: | 1743 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milbrulong, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mangoplah, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia, 13 June 2020 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Presbyterian Section, Row 6D, Grave 10758, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1743, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1743, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 56th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the head and was evacuated to England on 29 May 1918 | |
| 29 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Sydney as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Terlich was taken on strength of the 56th Battalion in France on the 1 December 1916, the start of one of the bitterest winters in European history. He was pulled out of the line on the 28 January with severe trench feet and eventually evacuated to England three weeks later. He did not rejoin the 56th Battalion until November 1917. He was badly wounded on the 7 May 1918, a gunshot wound to the head, and was again evacuated to England a few weeks later.
He commenced return to Australia 12 December 1918 (shrapnel wound left jaw) and disembarked in Melbourne, 3 February 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; he was being treated for deafness when he was discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 29 August 1919.
A note in his file states he died from pulmonary tuberculosis in the Military Hospital at Randwick on the 13 June 1920.
In numerous newspapers the following article was published during 1921.
'A Stricken Family. During the war five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Terlich, of Mangoplah (The Rock), went on active service and all returned, and re-joined the family of another brother and three sisters. They were fine athletic looking men. and noted footballers, playing with Mangoplah last season. The whole five soldier sons died during the last three months. The three sisters have also succumbed to dread tuberculosis. making eight deaths out of nine children in the space of 12 months. The remaining member of the afflicted family is in a sanitorium in Sydney. To the bereaved parents and relatives, we extend our sincere sympathy and that of the local public.'
His brothers,
1742 Ernest Walter Terlich 56th Battalion, enlisted the same day as Charles, died of tuberculosis in the Randwick Military Hospital 8 February 1920, not on the Roll of Honour.
67238 Henry (Heinrich) Arthur Terlich left Australia during October 1918 but the ship was recalled due to the Armistice. He died in the Randwick Military Hospital a year later on 16 November 1919, again from tuberculosis and his name is not recorded on the Roll of Honour.
5640 Frederick Theodore Terlich 19th Battalion died of tuberculosis in the Randwick Military Hospital 29 June 1924.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Gotthill and Louisa Terlich of Mangoplah via Wagga Wagga, NSW; brother of Ernest Walter Terlich who returned to Australia on 12 December 1918 having served with the 56th Battalion
12 December 1918 - commenced returned to Australia on board HT Nestor for discharge
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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