ERWOOD, Charles Oakley
| Service Numbers: | 175, 2131 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 23 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary Rider & Contractor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 August 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row E, Grave 39 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Koondrook War Memorial, Northampton Ajana District WWI Roll of Honour, Northampton War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 175, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 175, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry, Embarked from Fremantle on "Devon" Troopship. Disembarked at Durban on 28 March 1901. | |
| 30 Apr 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 175, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry, Amalgamated with 6th WAMI to form a Western Australian Mounted Regiment in Major-General Kitchener's Column. Campaigned in Eastern Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal. | |
| 7 Apr 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 175, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry, R.T.A. with 6th WAMI from Durban, Natal on "Columbian" Troopship. Disembarked in Fremantle on 29 April 1902. | |
| 17 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 175, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry, Awarded the QSA and discharged. |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2131, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 6 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2131, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle | |
| 6 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2131, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in Action - Gallipoli | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 70th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, 2131, 11th Infantry Battalion, Great Allied Offensive North-East of Amiens. | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 2131 | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2131, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2131 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-11 | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, 2131, 11th Infantry Battalion, D.O.W. |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 175, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Oakley ERWOOD was born in Echuca, Victoria in 1880
His parents were Edward George ERWOOD & Margaret Ann OAKLEY who married in Victoria in 1871 - his father was born in London
He first served in the Boer War (SN 175) with the 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry Contingent before he enlisted for WW1 at Blackboy Hill Military Camp in Western Australia on 27th April, 1915 and embarked from Fremantle, WA with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 6tth reinforcements on board the HMAT Geelong on 6th June 1915
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 4th April, 1917 and to Corporal on 2nd May, 1917
He was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 11th August, 1915 and again on 10th August, 1918 with multiple gun shot wounds
Charles died at the 55th Casualty Clearing Station on 11th August, 1918 and is buried in the Daours Communal Cemetery Extension--Plot III, Row E, grave 39
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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His brother Robert Henry ERWOOD (SN 2049) was killed in action on 21st August, 1916 and his sister Kathleen ERWOOD also served as a Nurse in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1918
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IN MEMORIAM
West Australian, Perth WA 11th August, 1919
ERWOOD - In loving memory of our dear brothers, Corporal Charles O Erwood, 11th Battalion, died of wounds in France August 11, 1918, loving brother of Corporal Robert (Bob) 6th Battalion, killed in action August, 1916 at Pozieres,
Loving sons of E & M Erwood, Bendigo, Victoria. Sadly missed
"Their kindly ways, their loving smile, are pleasant to recall
Some day, some time, our eyes shall see those dear faces held in memory
Though they lie in a far off grave, we cannot think, we will not say
That they are dead - they are just away. Our brothers"
Inserted by their ever loving sister Eliza & brother in law W Pickering & niece & nephews, East Fremantle
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