Charles (Charles Frederick) SCHARNESS

SCHARNESS, Charles (Charles Frederick)

    Service Number: 406
    Enlisted: 15 August 1914, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds, Victoria Rank at the time of enlistment was given as Colour Sergeant
    Last Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Newmarket, Victoria
    Schooling: Essendon State School No 483
    Occupation: Joiner
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
    Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
    Plot 1, Row B, Grave 17 Rev. E. Luxford of the NZ Forces officiated, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor, South Essendon Methodist Church HR
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 406, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds, Victoria Rank at the time of enlistment was given as Colour Sergeant
    19 Aug 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Promoted prior to embarking
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement 406, 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 406, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement 406, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 406 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was 58 Dover Street, Newmarket, Victoria. 

    Registered birh name was Charles Frederick Scharness number 31265

    Son of Frederick Scharness and Mary Ann Scharness nee Prosser of 95 Hall Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria. Brother of Annie Gerogina Scharness and  Ethel Esther Scharness,

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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