Charles Elvin HYLAND

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Service Number:	3792
Enlisted:	8 August 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Camden Grammar School, and Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bridge Carpenter
Died:	Pneumonia, France, 10 February 1919
Cemetery:	Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery Row C, Grave 10 Headstone Inscription "LOVED SON OF JOHN AND EVA HYLAND TILL WE MEET AGAIN"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Gundagai War Memorial

8 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3792, 4th Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra, New South Wales
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3792, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3792, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
22 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Company Engineers
18 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Field Company Engineers

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Son of John Robert and Eva Elizabeth HYLAND, of Wallace St., Granville, New South Wales

4 Battalion, 14th Field Company Engineers

Rank - Sapper

26 September 1917 - Wounded in action. Gunshot wound to left shoulder and right hand

3 February 1918 - Found guilty of being AWOL overnight. Fined 4 days pay

9 February 1919 - To hospital - sick - Laryngitis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in Cadets

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