AKEHURST, Charles Frederick John
| Service Number: | 1118 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Gladstone, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Ferrers Estate, Blackhurst, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 10 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St James School in Tunbridge Wells and at Speldhurst. |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer and before emigrating to Australia at age 18 he was a butcher. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 51., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gladstone Memorial Fountain, Gladstone Town and District WW1 Honour Roll, Gladstone War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gladstone, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1118, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1118, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and the son of Charles Morgan Akehurst and Harriet Akehurst (neé Prior) of "Osterley," 34, Southwood Road, Rusthall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
In 1901 and 1911 Charles was living with his maternal grandparents, John and Sarah Prior and their family. In 1911 Charles was living in Tunbridge Wells at 35 Lower Green Rd, Rusthall and working as a butcher and living with John Prior, age 62.
He enlisted at Gladstone, Adelaide, South Australia in the 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F September 16, 1914 and gave his address as H. M. Gaol, Adelaide, South Australia.
On December 22, 1914 he left Australia sailing from Melbourne on the 18,481 ton troop ship H. M. A. T. Ceramic (A40) which had been requisitioned from the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Liverpool), and eventually arrived with his battalion in Egypt where he was engaged in the defence of the Suez Canal. His Battalion formed part of the Dardanelles Expedition, and Charles was present at various battles. He was at Gallipoli prior to being killed.
He is recorded on panel 78 of the Australian National War Memorial.
Charles is also named on the:
Gladstone, Adelaide, South Australia civic war memorial.
-and in Kent, England on the:
Tunbridge Wells War Memorial.
Rusthall War Memorial.
Speldhurst War Memorial (St Mary's Church)
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