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BUCK, Charles (Eagle Knight)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6476 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bellevue, Tas., 2 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bellerive, Clarence, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Lagnicourt, Somme Sector, France, 6 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarence Honour Roll, Rokeby St Matthew's Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Elizabeth Celia GILL fmly BUCK nee SHAW and the late William BUCK
Born Charles Eagle Knight BUCK