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War Memorial
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From How We Served
 
The final resting place for; - V10131 Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Swanson Jamieson of Edinburgh, Scotland and Surrey Hills, Victoria, had already seen active service as a Commissioned Officer with the Machine Gun Corps of the 1st British Expeditionary Forces in the trenches of Northern France and Flanders during World War One.

Following the end of hostilities in November 1918, Charles received his formal discharge from the British Army, and in the years of peace that followed immigrated to Australia.

By the outbreak of a Second World War, Charles was married, with children, and was employed as an accountant when he decided to join up with the Australian Military Forces.

Presenting himself for enlistment on the 23rd of January 1941, Charles was accepted for fulltime service within Australia and was allocated to Headquarters Southern Command. Taken on strength with the Australian Army Service Corps.

Charles’s service was to be continuous, and by the start of August 1941 he had been promoted to Staff Sergeant whilst serving with the 6th Supply Personnel Depot. In April 1942, Charles was transferred to the 3rd Base Supply Depot. Whilst serving with this Unit, Charles was evacuated ill due to pneumonia, and was admitted into the 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg) in September.

Following his recovery, Charles was able to re-join his Unit, and was promoted to Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 by the end of November 1942, and his service would be ongoing until he was again evacuated due to illness on the 23rd of March 1943.

Suffering from the effects of bronchitis, Charles was re-admitted into the 115th Australian General Hospital for ongoing medical care. Charles’s health continued to decline and on the 14th of June he was placed on the seriously ill list. Whilst still in hospital care, Charles finally succumbed to illness, with his death occurring on the 27th of July 1943, at the premature age of 51.

Following his passing whilst serving in the Australian Military Forces, Charles, a Scottish veteran of the trenches of the ‘Great War’, and who had chosen to re-enlist in a Second War so as to serve his adopted country, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.