SELLERS, Charles Edward Benjamin
| Service Number: | 2874 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1916, Grafton, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Lawrence, New South Wales, 10 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Cangai, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Cangai, New South Wales, 9 January 1932, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Private Burial Plot "Old Sir Walter Scott" on a knoll nearby the house, overlooking the Mitchell River |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2874, Grafton, New South Wales | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2874, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"OBITUARY. CHARLES EDWARD SELLERS.
After a considerable period of weakness and physical suffering Charles Edward Benjamin Sellers died at his residence at the Old Sir Walter Scott, Cangai. The deceased, who was born at Casino, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Benjamin Sellers and is survived by two brothers, who are living in Sydney and Maitland, whilst there are two sisters, one Mrs. Lollback, who lived with the deceased at Cangai, and the other residing in Grafton. The family had long settled at Cangai, having come there when the Old Sir Walter Scott gold mine was working. After the closing of the mine they took up land there and subsequently, engaged in dairying. The deceased was a returned soldier, having served for a long time with the A.I.F. in the Australian Field Artillery, 4th Division. During the later stages of the war he was attached to the Farriers' section of the same division. During last fortnight, in which he lingered in great weakness, and pain, but nevertheless conscious to the last, he was kindly ministered to by his relatives and neighbours, and especially by Messrs T. Lollback (Jackadgery) and Campbell (Jackadgery), who for the whole fortnight watched and tended him and in every way showed the true neighborly spirit to their old friend in the time of his trial and suffering. He passed away on Saturday morning, January 9, and was buried in a private plot, on a knoll nearby the house and overlooking the Mitchell River, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Prior to the service at the graveside, the rector of the parish, Rev. F. A. G. Woodger, conducted a short service at the house and then the cortege, with old friends bearing the casket, proceeded to the place of interment. The rector then performed the last sad rites. There were several floral tributes. The deceased was held in high esteem. Much sympathy is expressed for the family in their sad bereavement." - from the Grafton Daily Examiner 01 Feb 1932 (nla.gov.au)
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