Charles ALTMANN

ALTMANN, Charles

    Service Number: 1134
    Enlisted: 8 March 1915, Enlisted at Geelong
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mount Duneed, Victoria, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Mount Duneed, Surf Coast, Victoria
    Schooling: Mount Duneed State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farm Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 November 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Plot 1, Row C, Grave 27, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Puebla Parish Honor Roll, Torquay Point Danger War Memorial, Waurn Ponds Shire of South Barwon Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1134, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong
    8 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1134, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    8 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1134, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    29 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1134, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Altmann of Mount Duneed, Geelong, Victoria

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Pte 1134 Charles Altmann was killed in action on 29 November 1915 when the trenches at Lone Pine were subjected to such heavy shelling that the roof and sides collapsed. Fourteen men from the 24th Battalion were buried alive. 

    Originally buried at Brown's Dip, Pte Altmann's remains were re-interred at Lone Pine Cemetery in 1923. 

    Remembered on the Geelong War Memorial.

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