Charles Hesba Stretton BIRD

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BIRD, Charles Hesba Stretton

Service Number:	4686
Enlisted:	10 September 1917, Glebe, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, Kurrajong, NSW
Occupation:	Pipe moulder
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Epping War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Glebe, New South Wales
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4686, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4686, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4686, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4686 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Hesba Stretton BIRD was born in 1879 in Sydney

His father was unknown & his mother was Annie BIRD - she married William MADDEN in 1882

Charles married Ethel MIDSON in Sydney in 1899 - they had 3 known children, Stanley, Vera & Cecil

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