URQUHART, Charles Donald
| Service Number: | 334 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Urana, Urana, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Finley, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1967, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Urana Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Urana Shire Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 334, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 334, 2nd Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Donald McDonald Urquhart and Sarah Jane Urquhart nee Wallis of Urana, NSW. Brother of William John Urquhart who returned to Australia on 6 August 1919 having served with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade.
16 March 1916 - enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria, with the 2nd Machine Gun Company with the rank of Private.
23 April 1917 - transferred to the 21st Machine Gun Company and re-allotted service number 334A
8 September 1917 - promoted to Lance Corporal
26 October 1917 - wounded in action. Severe wound to the left arm. Embarked HS Warilda for England on 7 November 1917
7 May 1918 - transferred to the 1st Machine Gun Battalion
22 August 1918 - wounded second occasion. Wound to the right forearm
22 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Persic disembarking on 29 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
18 October 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit
During 1922c Charles married Myrtle Sarah Isobel Lord in Urana, NSW