Charles Fletcher PORTEOUS

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PORTEOUS, Charles Fletcher

Service Numbers:	6127, V82104
Enlisted:	6 July 1916, Footscray, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born:	Carngham, Victoria, 25 September 1875
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder
Died:	illness, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1941, aged 65 years
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist Section 8 grave 201
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forrest WWI Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

6 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6127, Footscray, Victoria
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6127, Tunnelling Companies, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6127, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
20 Sep 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6127, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)

World War 2 Service

16 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Private, V82104, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), South Melbourne, Victoria
16 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V82104
19 Jun 1941:	Involvement Corporal, V82104, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography

Charles Fletcher PORTEOUS was born on 25th Sept. 1875 in Carngham, Victoria

His parents were John Dempsey PORTEOUS and Catherine Rosetta FLETCHER

Charles married Rosetta Elizabeth FLETCHER in 1899 in Victoria

He saw previous service in the CMF (65th Infantry) before enlisting on 6th July, 1916 as a Sapper with the Tunnelling Companies December 1916 Re-inforcements. Service no. 6127. They left Melbourne on 25th October 1916 on the HMAT Ulysses and arrived in Plymouth UK on 28th December 1916

He returned to Australia on 2nd March, 1920 on the ship Ceramic

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

On 16th November 1939 at the age of 65 he joined the Australian Army - Service No. V82104 and served in the Royal Australia Engineers 5th Australian Workshop & Parks Company as a Corporal (Citizens Military Forces). Charles died of natural causes while in camp on 19th June, 1941

"OBITUARY. PORTEOUS.

On June 19 (suddenly in camp) Corporal Charles Fletcher Porteous beloved husband of Rosetta Elizabeth, beloved father of Neil, Jock, Evelyn, Ronald & Wesley, loved brother to Jessie (deceased) Gladstone, Kate (deceased), Olive (deceased) Alec. Campbell & Daisy.. He giveth. His beloved sleep." - from the Melbourne Argus 20 Jun 1941 (nla.gov.au)

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