WAY, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 253 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, 3rd AGA |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Hamilton North, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1937, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-145. 20. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 253, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 3rd AGA | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 253, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 253, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Apr 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 9 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 253, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW left back & stomach | |
| 21 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 253, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd MD, wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
85 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 30th June 1937, Gunner Charles Henry Way, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-253), railway porter from 39 Lawson Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 3 Baird Street, Hamilton North, N.S.W., father of three (Glady, Leslie, Joyce), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 44. ANGLICAN 2-145. 20.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 15th December 1892 to George Henry and Ada Louise Way of 45 Cleary Street, Hamilton, New South Wales; husband of Ada Louise Way nee Ives? (married?, died?) of 35 Moonbie Street, Summer Hill, N.S.W., Charles enlisted August 1914 at Sydney, N.S.W.
Wounded in action 9.5.1915 (GSW left back & stomach).
Embarked for England 26.8.1915.
Admitted to hospital 11.9.1915.
Charles returned home April 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 21st May 1918.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounding, returning home, etc.
Mr. Way’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery Roll of Honour (unveiled date unknown, 50 names inscribed, 8 Fallen, proudly displayed at Fort Scratchley Military Museum, 3 Nobbys Road, Newcastle East, N.S.W.), Newcastle Protestant Alliance, Friendly Society of Australia, Lodge No-7 Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
I have placed poppies on Charles’s brown granite Commonwealth War Graves headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge 29.6.1937.
Younger brother Robert George (14th Australian Machine Gun Company & 21st Australian Machine Gun Company, Reg No-386A, KIA 27.9.1917, age 23, Battle of Polygon Wood, Passchendaele Campaign, resting at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XLIII Row B Grave 9., father of one (Melva), awaiting memorialisation at parent's gravesite - ANGLICAN 2-113. 9.).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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