Charles GALT MC

GALT, Charles

    Service Numbers: Officer, 46
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Maribynong, Vic.
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Rushworth, Vic., 23 April 1888
    Home Town: St Kilda, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Soldier
    Died: Natural Causes, Masonic Nursing Home, Somerton Park, SA, 11 April 1983, aged 94 years
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Maribynong, Vic.
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 46, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 46, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    20 May 1916: Involvement 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    20 May 1916: Embarked 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Sydney

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    Military Cross

    'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He twice led a party under heavy shell fire, and removed two guns which had been abandoned by the enemy in an attack. This he successfully achieved in daylight. He had previously shown great coolness and gallantry in extinguishing fires in his battery position and saving quantities of ammunition and equipment.'
    Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
    Date: 20 December 1917

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