URRY, Charles Edward
| Service Number: | 526 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Summer Hill Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 September 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot V1, Row N, Grave 3. Headstone inscription reads: With Christ which is far better |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 526, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 526, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 526, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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"...Private Charles Edward Urry, 1 Battalion, AIF. Born in 1895 in Sydney, Charles Urry was nineteen years old and working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF on 17 August 1914. At the time he was also a member of the Militia (33 Infantry Regiment). 526 Private C E Urry embarked aboard HMAT Afric from Sydney on 18 October 1914 with 1 Battalion B Company. After seeing action on Gallipoli and at the Somme, Private Urry was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium on 11 September 1916..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"URRY.- Our dear comrade Private Charles EdwardUrry, aged 21, killed in action in France, Sept 11, 1916, after two years active service.
We who love you sadly miss you,
As it dawns Another year
In the lonely hours of thinking
Thoughts of you are ever near. - Inserted by his loving mates of Lewisham." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 12 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Urry and Emmy Urry of Petersham, NSW later of 'Clavering' Beamish Street, Campsie, NSW. Brother of Thomas Alfred Urry who returned to Australia on 1 January 1919 having served with the 19th Battalion.
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