Charles Stanley SCHIMLICK

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SCHIMLICK, Charles Stanley

Service Number:	4183
Enlisted:	30 November 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4183, Depot Battalion (AIF)
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4183, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4183, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4183, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The son of William Charles and Emma Jane Schimlick, Charles had two brothers and two sisters. His sister died in Bairnsdale during 1914, from tuberculosis.

Charles was posted missing, 19 July 1916. At a Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, he was pronounced as 'killed in action, 19 July 1916'.

Standard handwritten note in his service file says: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

His brother, 2759 Pte. William Schimlick 29th Battalion AIF, was also killed in action on the 23 March 1917, also no known grave, aged 23.

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