Charles BERESFORD

BERESFORD, Charles

Service Number: 602
Enlisted: 20 January 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: Leyburn, Queensland, 1887
Home Town: Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling: National School, Leyburn, Queensland
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warwick War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 602, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 602, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 602, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of David and Susan Beresford of Percy Street, Warwick, QLD

14 December 1916 - to hospital with Mumps

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal