MORAN, Charles Francis
| Service Number: | 889 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glengarry, Tasmania, Australia, 2 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Glengarry, West Tamar, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 30. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 889, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 889, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 889, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Moran’s elder brother, 1115 Lce. Cpl. Davitt James Moran, who was also a member of the 40th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Passchendaele on some four months later, aged 29.
They were the sons of James and Ellen Moran of Glengarry, Tasmania. The father, James had died in 1906, and their mother Ellen, died in early 1918, not long after the loss of her two sons.
A Lieutenant Roy Mills wrote to the mother, regarding Charles’ death and in a letter quoted in a local newspaper said that “Charles was respected by all who came in contact with him. The gap he leaves can never be refilled. His cheerful disposition at all times, and his coolness under fire set a fine example of what a true man should be.”
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