PROCTOR, Charles Howard
| Service Number: | 981 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maitland High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bolwarra Public School Memorial Tablet, Bolwarra Public School Roll of Honour, Bolwarra War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maitland Congregational Church Roll of Honour, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 981, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 981, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 981, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 981, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard and Elizabeth PROCTOR, West Maitland, New South Wales
PRIVATE PROCTOR.
Pte. Charles Howard Proctor (killed in action on April 25) was 23 years of age. He was a son of Mr. Richard Proctor, of West Maitland, and went to the front with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, under the late Lieut. Colonel Braund. He was educated at the Maitland High School, and had only just completed his articles with Mr. W. H. Foster, surveyor, of Maitland, when the war broke out, and he immediately joined the forces. He was a keen footballer, playing with the Maitland Rugby team. Three of the deceased soldier's brothers are with the forces, either at the front or at Liverpool at the present time.
Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', third Supplement, No.29522 (27 March 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 79 (6 July 1916).
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