Charles Hobson WHIDBORNE

WHIDBORNE, Charles Hobson

    Service Number: 66
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Devon, England, 1882
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Grammar School, Devon, England
    Occupation: Bank Cashier
    Died: Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 17 Headstone inscription reads: He has outsoared the shadow of our night
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 66, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 66, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    4 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 32 years. Address at the time of enlistment was Great Western Coffee Palace, Hay Street, Sydney, NSW

    Son of George Ferris Whidborne and Mary Eliza Whidborne of Hill, Exeter, England. Brother of Minnie L. Whidborne of 9 College Road, Exeter, Devonshire, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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