
BUCK, Charles
Service Number: | 6476 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bellevue, Tasmania, Australia, 2 December 1892 |
Home Town: | Bellerive, Clarence, Tasmania |
Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarence Honour Roll, Rokeby St Matthew's Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
21 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6476, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6476, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6476, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles BUCK was born in Bellevue in Tasmania on 2nd December, 1892
His parents were William BUCK & Elizabeth Celia SHAW who married in Hobart on 7th May, 1881
Prior to enlisting in WW1 Charles served in the Australian Naval Force (SN 1643) - enlisting on 14th February, 1911
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His brother Frederick Henry BUCK (SN DEPOT) also served during WW1
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Elizabeth Celia GILL fmly BUCK nee SHAW and the late William BUCK
Born Charles Eagle Knight BUCK