Charles John JORDAN

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JORDAN, Charles John

Service Number:	VX6010
Enlisted:	20 October 1939, Preston, VIC
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1912
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	St Patrick’s Christian Brothers College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Store Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Libya, 22 January 1941, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya 7 B 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX6010
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Preston, VIC
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX6010, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Sergeant Charles John Jordan (Service No:VX6010) initially served in the Militia as a Private (Service No:294556) with 6th Battalion from 20 January 1931 to 28 February 1933. He enlisted in the AIF as a Corporal on 20 October 1939 and was a Sergeant attached to 2/28 Infantry Battalion when he was WiA in Libya, and died of his wounds (abdominal) on 22 January 1941. Wife Pat served in the WRANS.

Charles was born in Broken Hill, NSW in 1912, third of six children of George Thomas Jordan (b1882 in Adelaide, South Australia) and Ellen Maude Mary Herbert (b1885 in Maude, NSW). George (a Hairdresser) and Ellen married in Broken Hill in 1909, and lived there and in Otago, New Zealand before settling in Melbourne, Victoria by 1921. George worked as a Hairdresser.

Charles worked as a Store Labourer in Melbourne and was keen sportsman, playing footbal and cricket with local teams. 'Sergeant Jordan was also an excellent bushman and an enthusiastic soldier. He gained his third stripe in Palestine' (The Age; Wed 19 Feb 1941). In 1940 in Melbourne, Charles married Olive (Pat) Raymond Hartley (b1917 in Melbourne, Victoria). Following Charles' death, Pat remarried and served in the WRANS (Stewardess; Service No:WR1089).

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