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SLEEP, Charles Edgar
Personal Details
Service Number: | 488 |
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Enlisted: | 27 June 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Kialla, New South Wales, Australia, December 1895 |
Home Town: | Kyogle, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Wounds, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 15 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave 10, |
Memorials: | Alstonville War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 488, NG Force later 7 Machine Gun Battalion | |
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25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 488, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 488, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
14 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
15 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 488, 10th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 488 awm_unit: 10th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
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