Charles Frederick ANNEAR

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ANNEAR, Charles Frederick

Service Number:	6952
Enlisted:	12 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Gisborne State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Hamel, France, 26 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Caestre War Cemetery Plot 1, Row B, Grave 3. His name is located at panel 45 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT., Caestre Military Cemetery, Caestre, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gisborne State School Honour Roll, St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6952, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6952, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
20 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6952, 6th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
12 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6952, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918

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Biography

Father F L Annear and Mother Caroline May Annear, living at 76 Peel Street, Windsor, Victoria. Sister Irene Marion Annear
(22/2/1923 mother moved to 254 Drummond St, Carlton, Victoria).

Next of kin in service:
Brother     6214 Private John William Annear (19 years old)
                 7th Infantry Battalion
                (prior to embarking, last lived at 76 Peel Street, Windsor, VIC)
                11/9/1916 embarked on board HMAT A14 Euripides
                20/5/1919 Returned to Australia (Private, 1st Division Train)

Described on enlisting as 28 years 2 months old; single; 5' 5 1/2" tall; 9 stone 12 lbs;
ruddy complexion; dark brown eyes; dark hair; Anglican

12/10/1916 Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria

18-30/10/1916 2nd Depot Battalion, Royal Park Camp

14/11/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Charles to 23rd reinforcements,
6th Infantry Battalion, Royal Park Camp

23/11/1916      Embarked from Port Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT Hororata A20
                       as a Private in 23rd reinforcements, 6th Infantry Battalion
29/1/1917        disembarked into Plymouth, England

30/1/1917 marched in to No.5 & 6 Training Camps, Durrington

4/3/1917 sick with bronchitis, admitted to Fargo Military Hospital
13/3/1917 discharged to Depot

31/3/1917 sick to hospital, Bulford
19/5/1917 discharged to Training Battalion, Durrington

18/10/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Sutton Veny
19/10/1917 marched in to Havre, France

3/11/1917 taken on strengh, in the field France, to 6th Infantry Battalion
(from reinforcements)

With involvements at Passchendale and Lyes in late 1917.

In March and April 1918 at Hazebrouck the battalion helped stop the German spring offensive.

26/4/1918        killed in action near Hamel
buried in:         Caestre War Cemetery, France
                       Plot 1, Row B, Grave 3.
                       3 miles north-east of Hazebrouck, France

Medals:
British War medal (53603), Victory medal (52803); Memorial Plaque and Memorial
Scroll (345617)

Thank you to Carol Foster for her information (Apr 2015).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/5/2015. Lest we forget.

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