Charles Francis MANUEL

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MANUEL, Charles Francis

Service Number:	S62899
Enlisted:	30 December 1941, Cockburn, South Australia
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	108 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Williamstown, South Australia, 21 May 1911
Home Town:	Cockburn, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), Torrens Lake, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 June 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Commonwealth War Graves, Path 4, Grave 5
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

30 Dec 1941:	Enlisted S62899, Cockburn, South Australia
30 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S62899
10 Jun 1942:	Involvement Gunner, S62899, 108 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography contributed by Nathan Rohrlach

Charles Francis Manuel's body was found by Adelaide Police in Lake Torrens on the afternoon of 10 June 1942. Posted to the 108th Anti-Tank Regiment stationed at Warradale Camp, Gunner Charles Francis Manuel had being missing from the unit for over a week. A post-mortom was done and found that he had drowned and the coroner concluded that Gunner Charles Manuel had accidentally drowned with no foul-play.

He was buried in Centennial Park Cemetery on 12 June 1942, aged 31 years old.

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