COULTON, Charles Percy
| Service Number: | 388 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pleog Street Wood, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 388, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 388, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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"...388 Private Charles Percy Coulton, 34th Battalion. A wheeler from West Maitland, New South Wales, Pte Coulton enlisted on 7 February 1916 aged 19. The 34th Battalion was formed in January 1916 at a camp established at the Maitland showgrounds, thus it was dubbed "Maitland's Own". Pte Coulton embarked for the United Kingdom with the Battalion from Sydney on 2 May aboard HMT Horarta, and after training at Larkhill Camp, proceeded to France on 22 November. He was killed whilst serving as a Lewis gunner during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. According to his Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry file, Pte Coulton was "killed in advance on right of Messines named Pleog Street Wood, advanced only about 30 yards when hit". This eyewitness account was written by 396 Pte David C.E Cunningham MM, also of "Maitland's Own", who, with Pte Coulton "were like brothers together". Pte Cunningham survivied the war." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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