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WOOLLEY, Charles Russell

Service Number:	1788
Enlisted:	19 May 1915, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia , 15 September 1889
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Sugar Cane Inspector
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 4 April 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 1
Memorials:	Burwood Memorial Arch, Cairns Cenotaph, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

19 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 17th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool, New South Wales.
28 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1788, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1788, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
17 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, Promoted Temporary Corporal.
19 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion, Lance Sergeant Vice.
13 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
15 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion
22 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-04

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