CHARLTON, Francis Alexander
| Service Number: | 800 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Castle Creek State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa School No 1706 Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 800, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 800, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 800, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Charlton and Mary Charlton nee Hewish of Castle Creek, Euroa, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother 1467 Private John Charlton 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles died of enteric fever during the Boer War on 16 August 1901, age 23.
Another older brother, 4685 Sergeant Robert Charlton 21st Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Bullecourt 3 May 1917, age 30.
Extract from the Red Cross Files for Francis Charlton.
"Informant states that casualty was on board the Transport “Galeka” and went into the boat with Alexander, Dunstan and Junior who were all drowned under the same circumstances as far as the informant knows, as he did not see them again. Informant states that B.Coy of the 7th Battalion had six boat loads set out from the “Galeka” and that only three and a half of these landed. One boat was actually sunk with all on board killed and wounded." 1004 Corporal Joseph Carlile 7th Bn. AIF.
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