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CHARLESTON, George Peter

Service Number:	WX7017
Enlisted:	30 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia , 17 August 1905
Home Town:	Nedlands, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Libya, 2 May 1941, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk 5. B. 8. Ever Remembered.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kellerberrin RSL Honour Roll, Kellerberrin War Memorial, Kings Park 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion & 24th Anti-Tank Company, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX7017
30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7017
3 Jan 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7017, Embarked from Fremantle in convoy on the requisitioned Troopship, RMS "Aquitania"
30 Jan 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7017, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, 24 A/Tk. Coy.
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7017, Siege of Tobruk, 24 A/Tk. Coy.
2 May 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7017, D.O.W.

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