Charles Horace VIRGO

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Service Number:	38612
Enlisted:	21 December 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Artillery Details
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 8 December 1892
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horticulturist
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 5 November 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
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21 Dec 1916:	Enlisted
21 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38612, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 38612, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 38612, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Indarra, Melbourne
14 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 38612, Artillery Details , Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to melancholia

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Address at the time of enlistment was William Street, Norwood, SA.

Son of John James Virgo oand Lucy Stapleton Virgo nee Crabb of John James Virgo, Tottenham Court Road, London, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1918 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 16 September 1918

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Marjorie Isabelle Virgo nee Foreman. Charles and Marjorie married on 16 July 1919 in the Manse, Partridge Street, Glenegg, SA

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