GAME, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 4979 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Korong Vale, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Borung State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Union organiser |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 6. SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS PASS BUT LOVING MEMORIES FOR EVER LAST |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunolly Great War Memorial, Dunolly Memorial Pillar, Dunolly Shire of Bet Bet and Dunolly Borough War Memorial, Dunolly State School Honor Roll, Merbein Memorial Gates, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4979, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4979, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4979, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 4979, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4979 awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles was the son of Annie Eliza Game, of Dunolly, Victoria. His father, Thomas Game, had passed away from blood poisoning during 1903, leaving a family of 11 children. Charles was only 10 years of age at the time.
Charles’s older brother, 3645 Sergeant Edward Arthur Game 7th Battalion AIF, had died of wounds inflicted at Pozieres, France, on 22 August 1916, aged 32.
During May 1917, The Ballarat Courier stated “Mrs. A Game, of Dunolly, has been notified by the Defence Department that her youngest son Sig Charles Henry Game, died of wounds in France on 9th April. He sailed from Australia in March, 1916 and entered upon active service in France last June. Prior to enlisting the deceased resided in Queensland for some time, where he was well known in athletic circles. He won a brigade boxing championship in France last Boxing Day. This is the second son to make the supreme sacrifice, being a brother to the late Sgt E. A. Game, the popular footballer of the South Ballarat Club, who died of wounds received in France on 22nd August, 1916.”
The Inglewood Advertiser added, "Charlie” is the second of Mrs. Game's sons who has given his life for country, home, and Empire in this great war. He was a fine, stalwart, gallant young man, popular and held in high regard by all who knew him, and the news of his death will cause a shock to the entire community, and cast a gloom over the town, and the deepest sympathy will be extended towards the mother and family who have made such great sacrifices.”
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