ROUT, Charles Francis
| Service Numbers: | 1185, 1795 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. Benedict's School |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1185, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1185, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1795, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1795, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1795, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward and Annie ROUT, 82 Campbell Street, Newtown, New South Wales.
Husband of Muriel C ROUT, 41 Cooks Avenue, Daceyville, New South Wales.
Private C. F. Rout, of Newtown, aged 23, has been reported missing since August 7. He sailed with the 4th Reinforcements of the 3rd Battalion in March last, and wrote to say that he had reached the firing line three months ago. He was a native of Burwood. He is well known in Camperdown and Newtown. He is a married man with one child.
His brother William was appointed Home Service at Liverpool and Garrison Hospitals.
ROUT.-In sad but loving memory of my dear husband, Charles Francis Rout, of Newtown, killed at Lone Pine, August 7 and 12, 1915.
Your death has made us sad, dear Charlie,
We are sorrowed by your fall;
But you died an Australian soldier
'Tis the grandest death of all.
Inserted by his loving wife and son, also mother and brother, Will Rout
ROUT.-In sad and loving memory of my dear son-in law, Charles Francis Rout, killed at Lone Pine August 7 to 12, 1915
We cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see;
But all's done well that's done by Thee.
Inserted by his sorrowing mother-in-law, M. Bowen.
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