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BODINNER, Charles Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6102 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1916, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 15 April 1875 |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Moonta Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Ganger (S.A.R.) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 October 1918, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row A, Grave 2, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6102, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6102, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 6102, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6102 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-29 |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
"The Late Sapper C. E. Bodinner.
BODINNER.— Killed on the 29th October, somewhere in France, result of enemy air raid, Sapper E. Bodinner (Charlie), late S.A.R., beloved husband of M. J. Bodinner, of Moonta, after two years' service.— Inserted by his loving wife and children, Mary and Pearl, and only sister, Mrs. Weidenbach." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 23 Nov 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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