Charles Wilfred HART

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Service Number:	2800
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, 9th Reinforcements Enl at Adelaide - Keswick Barracks
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Prospect, South Australia, 3 June 1892
Home Town:	Nailsworth, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Nailsworth MS
Occupation:	carpenter and joiner
Died:	Killed in railway accident at Kyancutta, Kyancutta, Wudinna - South Australia, Australia, 25 July 1969, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation
Memorials:	Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour

17 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2800, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2800, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 9th Reinforcements Enl at Adelaide - Keswick Barracks
21 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2800, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
13 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2800, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Taken on Strength (TOS) 16th Inf Bn Evacuated sick 24 Nov 15 RTU 17 Dec 1915 pe service record
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, During the re-organisation of the AIF. Charles Harts trade skills would have made him an attractive acquisition for the 4th Pioneers
15 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2800, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell Shock per service record
11 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion, per service record
2 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2800, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, Temp Corporal - reverted to LCPL on march out to hospital Gassed near Zonnebeke Evac to Exeter and Dartford Hospitals UK
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2800, 4th Pioneer Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", From RSL Membership cards
8 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion

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Detailed content for this entry derived from

"All Australia Memorial - Australia's Fighting Families" SA supplement

RSL Membership Cards database

NAA Service record

Son of Richard J and Fanny Matilda Hart, brother of

Family resident at Bosanquet Avenue, Prospect, South Australia at time of enlistment.

Charles was educated locally at Nailsworth Model School

A carpenter and joiner by the time he enlisted in 1915 aged 23

Resident 6 Truro Avenue Mitcham at time of death in 1969

Killed accidentally at Kyancuttain a railway accident 1969 (RSL records)

Compiled by Steve Larkins Jan 2018