Charles Henry HUTCHISON

HUTCHISON, Charles Henry

Service Number: 4466
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)
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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: ''
29 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4466, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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.

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