Charles Henry HATT MM

HATT, Charles Henry

Service Number: 1228
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France
Grave V. F. 19. INSCRIPTION IN PROUD AND DEAREST MEMORY FROM MOTHER, DAD AND BOB , Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph
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World War 1 Service

10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1228, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1228, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
17 Aug 1918: Involvement Corporal, 1228, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1228 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-17
Date unknown: Honoured Military Medal

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 25 and the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hatt, of The Lodge, Furzfield, Eastwood Road, Leigh-on-Sea, England.

His brother, Serjeant Thomas  Edgar Hatt, Service Number 590293, aged 23, also fell [21/03/1918] He also held the Military Medal. He served with the 1st/18th Bn. 
London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). He has no known grave and therefore is commemorated at Bay 10 on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.

The brothers are remembered on the family grave in Southend, Sutton Road Cemetery.

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

The brothers are remembered on the war memorial [Roll of Honour] at Prittlewell Priory, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.