Charles HENSLER

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Service Number:	8
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Westbourne Park, London, England, 1881
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Olga Street School, Mile End, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 8, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 8, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
7 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 8, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Arrived in Australia aged 33 years

Address at the timeof enlistment was Upper Fort Street, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Edith Moss of 103 Fairfield Road, Bow Bells, London, England

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

Previously served in the Royal Garrison Artillery for 8 year. he hhas previously as a Police Officer