Charles HITE

HITE, Charles

Service Number: 126
Enlisted: 20 January 1915, Enlisted in Barcaldine.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Blackall, Queensland, Australia, 9 August 1890
Home Town: Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1951, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Barcaldine Cemetery, Queensland
Plot 646, Sect 8
Memorials: Barcaldine War Memorial Clock Tower
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World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Barcaldine.
29 Jun 1915: Involvement Driver, 126, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915: Embarked Driver, 126, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
23 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
5 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Wounded in France.
7 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd occasion of wounding in France.
13 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd occasion of being wounded in France.
1 Jan 1920: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Returns to Australia with wife.
2 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 126, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Matthew Whitehead

In 1918 Charles HINTON married Mary Teresa HOPKINS in London, England.