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HUTCHISON, Charles Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4466 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dellicknora, Victoria, Australia, 15 October 1882 |
Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Linesman |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 November 1916, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Marker only body not recovered, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4466, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4466, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Brothers
Charlie together with his brother Tom went to war together Charlie became a runner, the same with his brother. One night Charlie was ill so his brother covered for him the next night charlie ran and was killed.
Story passed on by family members.
Submitted 28 April 2018 by Linda Thatcher