Charles Wolseley MERCER MC

MERCER, Charles Wolseley

Service Number: 1456
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 301st Company Mechancial Transport
Born: Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mechanic
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World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1456, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 1456, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
27 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant
10 Feb 1918: Honoured Military Cross, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 Date: 18 April 1918

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Next of kin-Sister, Mrs Goulburn, Little Hampden, Amersham Common, Bucks, England
Enlistment date-2 November 1914

301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
Unit from Nominal Roll-4th Ammunition Sub Park

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914-he was 28 at this date.