Charles Henry SLADE

SLADE, Charles Henry

Service Number: 2439
Enlisted: 25 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Terowie, South Australia, Australia, 5 October 1885
Home Town: Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling: Stanley Street School
Occupation: Trimmer
Died: Died of wounds, Hillsborough Hospital, Harlow, England, United Kingdom, 19 August 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Harlow (St. Mary) Churchyard Essex, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

25 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
23 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2439, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2439, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide

Military funeral

HARLOW - On Wednesday the funeral took place with full military honours at the Parish Church, of Pt. Charles Henry Slade, aged 30, an Australian soldier, who died at Harlow Red Cross Hospital, where he was admitted from France, suffering from wounds to the chest. Members of the London Scottish acted as bearers, and provided the firing party,and the other wounded soldiers walked behind the coffin, which was covered with a Union Jack. At the church gate the cortege was met by the Rev. Canon J. B. Andrewes, vicar of Harlow,and the surpliced choir, and also the nursing staff from the Red Cross Hospital.......At the graveside the hymn "O God our help in ages past," was sung and three volleys were fired.

From the 'Essex Newsman', (26.08.1916)

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Life of C H Slade

Charles Henry SLADE
Charles was born in Terowie, near Adelaide, South Australia on 05.10.1885. He grew up in the neighbouring town of Clare. His parents were Henry and Ann Slade but by the time Charles enlisted his mother had remarried and become Mrs Ann Sharpe. Charles had at least one brother and a sister Victoria. He never married. Before the war he worked as a trimmer, near Broken Hill.
Charles volunteered to serve with the Australian Imperial Force, enlisting at Keswick, South Australia on 25.03.1915. He was 29 years old, 5ft 9ins tall, with a fair complexion and brown eyes and hair. He became Private 2439 in the 10th Battalion of the Australian Infantry. He sailed from Adelaide on HMAT Kanowna on 23.06.1915, landing first in Alexandria. After training he arrived in the Dardanelles to fight at Gallipoli on 17.09.1915. By mid-November conditions had deteriorated and many of the soldiers were sick, so the battalion was evacuated to Lemnos to rest. Charles was hospitalised with influenza and jaundice and later lumbago. On Boxing Day 1915 the battalion sailed for Egypt, and landed in Alexandria to prepare for deployment to the Western front.
In March 1916 the battalion sailed for France and in April Charles disembarked at Marseilles. In July the battalion fought in the Battle of the Somme. On 23rd July the Battle of Pozieres began. The heaviest fighting was on 26th, and Charles was hit in the chest by shrapnel which penetrated his lung. He was taken to Etaples, a small town behind the front line with several military hospitals, then on 08.08.1916 he was invalided to England from Calais on H.S.Brighton. He was brought to the Harlow Red Cross Hospital at Hillsborough, Churchgate Street. Sadly he died there on 19.08.1916, aged 30. He was buried with full military honours in St Mary’s churchyard, grave F.16, on 23.08.1916, as reported in the Essex Newsman (26.08.1916). His medals were sent to his mother Mrs Ann Sharpe of Clare, South Australia, and his effects, which included letters, a prayer book and a baptism certificate, were sent to his sister Victoria.

Sources: National Archives of Australia; RSL Virtual War Memorial; Ancestry; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Wikipedia.

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Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”

Died on this date - 19th August.......Charles Henry Slade was born at Terowie, South Australia in 1885.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 25th March, 1915 & embarked from Adelaide, South Australia on 23rd June, 1915.

Private Slade joined 10th Battalion at Gallipoli Peninsula on 17th September, 1915.He was sent to Hospital with Influenza on 7th December, 1915 & transferred to Mudros with Jaundice & rejoined his unit on 18th December, 1915.

He was hospitalised again & rejoined his Unit on 15th February, 1916. He arrived in France on 3rd April, 1916.

Private Charles Henry Slade was wounded in action on 26th July, 1916 with gunshot wounds to chest.

He was invalided to England but died on 19th August, 1916 at Hillsborough Red Cross Hospital, Harlow, Essex, England from wounds received in action in France – Shrapnel wound to lung.

Private Slade was buried in St. Mary & St. Hugh Churchyard, Harlow, Essex, England.

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)


https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/harlow---st-mary...

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