Charles Edward MARLOW

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MARLOW, Charles Edward

Service Number:	2123
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mologa, Victoria, June 1891
Home Town:	Mologa, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Mologa Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 April 1918
Cemetery:	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mologa War Memorial, Pyramid Hill Calivil North State School No 2067 Honor Roll, Pyramid Hill Mologa East State School No 1836 Roll of Honour WW1, Pyramid Hill RSL Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bendigo, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
26 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2123, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2123 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-04-26

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Biography

"...2123 Private Charles Edward Marlow, 38th Battalion AIF. Pte Marlow, a farmer of Mologa, Vic, enlisted on 1 August 1916. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916 and was killed in action on 26 April 1918. From a family of five brothers who served in the AIF, Pte Charles Marlow was one of three who were killed. His brothers were: Lieutenant Allan Sharp Marlow who returned to Australia on 19 August 1919; 2363 Pte Alfred Wilfred Marlow, 38th Battalion, who was killed in action on 17 July 1917; 2748 Corporal George Tennyson Marlow, 2nd Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, died of wounds on 21 September 1917 and 119 Pte Percy Place Marlow, 38th Battalion, who returned to Australia on 27 May 1919. Allan and Percy Marlow were twins." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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