Charles Reginald BERGHOFF

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BERGHOFF, Charles Reginald

Service Number:	17218
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, Warren, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Sydney, NSW, 1888
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Petersham Superior Public School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 July 1917
Cemetery:	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium II D 24, Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 17218, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Warren, NSW
22 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 17218, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 17218, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
29 Jul 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 17218, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17218 awm_unit: 101st Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-07-29

Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

Reginald Charles BERGHOFF was born on 23 February 1894 at Randwick in Sydney and was educated at Petersham Public School. On 20 September 1909 he joined the NSWGR&T as an apprentice clerk at Sydney in the Traffic Audit Branch. On 1 February 1912 he was promoted to junior clerk and on 23 February 1915 he was promoted to clerk.
On 14 January 1916 he enlisted in the AIF using the name Charles Reginald Berghoff, with the rank of Private (Service Number 17218). He was posted to the 6th Reinforcements to the 2nd Division Artillery Corps. He nominated his father, Charles George Berghoff of the Livingstone Hotel, Petersham, as his next of kin.
He embarked aboard HMAT A69 ‘Warilda’ for England at Sydney on 22 May 1916. He disembarked at Plymouth, England on 18 July 1916 and went into training in England until he was transferred to the 21st Field Artillery Brigade, 116th Howitzer Battery on 26 October 1916. It was not until 20 March 1917 that he left England for France. On 30 March 1917 he was transferred to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 101st (Howitzer) Battery. On 29 July 1917 he was killed in action during the 3rd Battle of Ypres near Lake Zillebeke, which is south-east of Ypres in Belgium.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles George and Laura BERGHOFF, Petersham, New South Wales

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