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THORPE, Charles Forder

Service Number:	6591
Enlisted:	11 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, July 1882
Home Town:	North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), West Leederville War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6591, 11th Infantry Battalion
10 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6591, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
10 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6591, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Laura and William THORPE.

Husband of Annie nee BREADSALL of 59 Galway Street, Leederville, WA