Charles Herbert MIDGLEY

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MIDGLEY, Charles Herbert

Service Number:	3524
Enlisted:	9 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1893
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Central State School, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 6 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3524, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
1 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3524, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3524, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The Midgley family shifted from Sydney to Kalgoorlie in 1896, when Charles was an infant. They lived in rough tent camps on the goldfields for some time. Charles Herbert Midgley arrived in the Middle East during December 1915 and was struck down with typhoid and enteric. After months of treatment, he only arrived in France on 9 June 1916. He was killed in action at Pozieres less than two months later. His younger brother 2720 Pte. Raymond William Midgley 51st Battalion AIF was also killed in action at Pozieres 8 days later on 14 August 1916, aged 21.

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