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MCFARLINE, Charles Michael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3181 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1882 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fellmonger |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 19 August 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V11, Row C, Grave 57, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3181, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3181, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3181, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW right arm, chest and abdomen | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3181, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
19 Battalion
Rank - Private
14 February 1916 - Taken of strength, Tel - el - Kebir
23 March 1916 - Embarked HT Simla at Alexandria
30 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles
1 August 1916 - Wrote a letter to his father saying it had be 'hell' and that he had lost 2 of his mates
18 August 1916 Wounded in action - gunshot wounds to abdomen, chest and right arm from sniper fire
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Andrew McFarlane, George Street, Liverpool, New South Wales
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