SCHRADER, Charles Coleman
| Service Number: | 1691 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 12 October 1876 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accident - hit by bus, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1943, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 6 NE. 33. |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1691, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1691, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1691, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1691, 35th Infantry Battalion, Accidental wound 25/5/1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
77 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 8th June 1943, Private Charles Coleman Schrader, 35th Battalion, labourer from Hunter Street, Newcastle West, New South Wales and King Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 6 NE. 33.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140445394
Born at Gray Street, Wickham, New South Wales on the 12th October 1876 to John Frederick R and Ellen Schrader of "Stanmore", Hooker's Avenue, off Laman Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Charles enlisted February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134855751
Mr Schrader returned home January 1918, and was discharged the next month.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138160428
His name has been inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour and the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1).
Sadly, Mr Schrader’s life ended tragically - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167616772, and is resting within a curbed and inscribed gravesite with no headstone, so April 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=462471#grave-photo-1
Lest We Forget.
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