SLADEN, Charles Ernest
| Service Number: | 2279 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Conway, Caernarvonshire, Wales., 20 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Some schooling in County Antrim, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Shell-fire at Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2279, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2279, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2279, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 May 1916: | Promoted Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1891 SLADEN Charles Ernest Conway 11b 473.
Many of the record pages on the NAA show his surname as Sladden.
Conway spans the boundaries of the counties of Denbighshire and Caernarvonshire.
The 1901 census for Main Street Larne, Antrim, Ireland shows the family living in County Antrim where Charles was at school. It also shows that he was born in Wales and not in Nottingham as stated by him at enlistment and also on all official records.
Alfred Ernest Sladen Head of Family 35 England
Catherine Sladen Wife,35 England
Edith Mary Sladen Daughter 8 Wales
Alfred Thomas Sladen Son 11 England
Charles Ernest Sladen Son 9 Wales.
Charles served in the militia [United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915] and possibly in the British Army prior to emigrating to Australia. There is some suggestion that he served with Naval Forces and deserted from H.M.S. "Una" in Australia.
Next of kin-Sister, Grace Smith, 62 Unwins Bridge Road, St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales-which he gave as his own address. His will bequeathed his estate to her. She may not in fact have been his sister but his fiancee.
Enlistment date 4 June 1915
Place of enlistment Claremont, Tasmania
The 12th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 25 June 1915-he was then 23.
Initially, his body was buried in the vicinity of Thiepval.
Biography contributed by Peter Rankin
He served under the alias of Charles Ernest Smith.