Charles Robert SAVAGE

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SAVAGE, Charles Robert

Service Number:	4570
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wherstead, near Samford, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, 1886
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, South Australian Railways
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 7 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4570, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4570, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Jun 1886 Savage Charles Robert Samford 4a 797.

1901 census

Harry Savage Head 38 Monewden, Suffolk

Sarah Savage Wife 36 Wherstead, Suffolk

Charles R Savage Son 15 Wherstead, Suffolk

George Savage Son 11 Ipswich, Suffolk

Harry A Savage Son 9 Ipswich, Suffolk

William H Savage Son 6 Ipswich, Suffolk

Ellen Savage Daughter 8 Ipswich, Suffolk

Dorothy A Savage Daughter 4 Ipswich, Suffolk

Walter D Savage Son 3 Ipswich, Suffolk.

Charles is remembered on the Ipswich War Memorial in Christchurch Park, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

His brother, Willaim Herbert Savage fell whilst serving with British forces.Charles is also honoured on the War Memorial in St John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.

Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Mother Mrs Sarah SAVAGE, 44 Parliament Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

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