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MERRETT, Charles Henry Edwards

Service Numbers:	739, 1802
Enlisted:	11 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1891
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Mosman Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Plasterer
Died:	Pneumonia, France, 21 November 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 739
18 Jan 1915:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), 739
26 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1802, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1802, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1802, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, landed with his battalion
22 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1802, 18th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, hand, left forefinger shot off

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