Charles Vincent EYRE

EYRE, Charles Vincent

Service Numbers: 5217, V80622, V82764
Enlisted: 2 December 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Carlton, Victoria, 20 February 1882
Home Town: Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Baker & Cook
Died: Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, 28 July 1949, aged 67 years
Cemetery: Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria
Plot P Grave 11663
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World War 1 Service

2 Dec 1914: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 5217, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, Broadmeadows, Victoria
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Corporal, 5217, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Corporal, 5217, Field Bakeries and Butcheries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
10 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5217, 23rd Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

5 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), V80622
25 Jan 1940: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), V80622
31 Jan 1940: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), V82764
31 Jan 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V82764
23 Dec 1941: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), V82764

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Vincent EYRE was born on 20th February, 1882 in Carlton, Victoria

His parents were Augustine Lewis Slater EYRE & Anne Marie AUSTIN

He married Mabel Isabel THOMPSON in Victoria in 1910

He enlisted in Broadmeadows, Victoria on 2nd December, 1914 & embarked with the Field Butchery & Bakery, 13th Company ASC on 22nd December, 1914 from Melbourne on the HMAT Berrima - he returned to Australia on 24th August, 1918

Charles also served in WW2 (SN V82764) & (SN V80622) see links for further details of both WW1 & WW2 service

He died in Heidelberg, Victoria on 28th July, 1949 & is buried in Preston Cemetery

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