WOLSTENHOLME, Charles Matthew
| Service Numbers: | 273, 762, 2511 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Everton, Victoria, Australia, 10 February 1870 |
| Home Town: | Lawson, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lawson Public School, NSW |
| Occupation: | Butcher & Cook |
| Died: | Illness - Coronary occlusion, Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1933, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Church of England - New Cemetery F 2 60 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 762, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 273, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2511, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW | |
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| 14 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2511, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2511, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2511, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Matthew WOLSTENHOLME was born in Everton, Victoria in 1870
His parents were Matthew James WOLSTENHOLME and Mary Jane DAVENPORT
He married Ada Jane FERRIS in NSW in 1919
He served for 2 years under two different service numbers SN762 and SN273 in the Boer War with the 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles and the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen & later enlisted to serve in WW1 on 24th August, 1915 and embarked with the 53rd Infantry Battalion -5th reinforcementson on the 14th September, 1916 from Sydney on the HMAT Mashobra
Charles returned to Australia after WW1 on 1st November, 1917 and arrived on the ship Anchises on 3rd January, 1918 - he was discharged on 14th February, 1918
He died on 28th March, 1933, late of Fairfield - his funeral left his residence of "Ruthven" Richardson St Fairfield & proceeded to the Church of England section of the New Cemetery in Liverpool, NSW
Medals:
Boer War - Queens South Africa Medal
WW1 - British War Medal & Victory Medal
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His brother Albert Edwin served in the Boer War (SN 220) and WW1 (SN 6644 and SN 222) and died of Illness on 24th February, 1917
Another brother Walter Frederick (SN 1648) also served in the Boer War
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