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BURLEY, Charles Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 940 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1915, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, Belgium, 29 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row A, Grave 13, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 940, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 940, Mining Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 940, Mining Corps, On 9 March, while still at sea, Charles had been reduced to Sapper rank by the Commanding Officer of the Mining Corps (Lt.Col. Fewtrell). No reason was stated. | |
| 18 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 940, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Accidentally injured, bullet wound to left hand. While attending to a fire a cartridge which had evidently been lying on the ground, exploded causing the injury. Soldier found not to blame. Treated at Etaples Hospital | |
| 29 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 940, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 940 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-11-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Charles Ernest was the fourth son and fifth child of Joseph Walter and Isabel (nee Gibson) Burley.
Charles married Elizabeth Salloway in Perth in 1909. they had three children Belle, Cyril and Miriam. Miriam died on 6th August 1916 when she was 2years abd 6 months old whilst Charles was on active service.
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