CHARLTON, George William
| Service Number: | 741 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Pneumonia following a fall in Douglas St Stockton in which he suffered a subdural haematoma on 28th August 1966 , Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1966, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-115. 33. |
| Memorials: | Kurri Kurri Methodist Church Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 741, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 741, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 741, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 741, 35th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW finger, fractured, mild | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 741, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 6th September 1966, Private George William Charlton, 35th Battalion (Reg No-741), miner from Barton Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 74. ANGLICAN 2-115. 33.
Born at Tighes Hill, New South Wales on the 19th December 1891 to William Edward and Catherine Verbena or Verbine Charlton; husband of Gladys Maud Charlton nee Saalfeld (married 1919, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1967), George enlisted November 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 14.7.1917 (not stated), 25.9.1917 (synovitis right knee), 19.7.1918 (scabies), 14.8.1918 (ulcers).
Invalided to England 15.11.1917 (diphtheria).
Wounded in action 4.4.1918 (GSW finger, fractured, mild).
George was invalided home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 16th March 1919.
Mr. Charlton’s name has not been inscribed on the Kurri Kurri War Memorial or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I will place poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at George’s gravesite to honour his service for God, King and Country.
Younger brother Frank (born 1895, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., enlisted 29.11.1915, West Maitland, N.S.W. with the 35th Battalion, Reg No-N11852, died 1947, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W.) was discharged as unlikely to become an efficient soldier on the 9.6.1916.
Lest We Forget.
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