Charles LAWRENCE

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Service Number:	2867
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Dover, Kent, England, 1879
Home Town:	Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Dover National School, England
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Illness - Apprendicitis, 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1917
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Church of England Section, Row 11, Grave 31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2867, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2867, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2867, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 17th Battalion to the 55th Battalion
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company, Transferred from the 55th Battalion to the 14th Machine Gun Battalion in the field
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 2867, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2867 awm_unit: 14th Brigade Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-08-02

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Arrived in Australia aged 30 years.

Address at the time of enlistment was 56 Therry Street, Drummoyne, NSW

Next of kin was given as his sister Emily Penney (nee Lawrence) of 21 Seafield Road, Ramsgate, England

23 May 1917 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Ayrshire disembarking on 20 July 1917

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