TASKER, Charles Howard
| Service Number: | 221 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 3 (UNITING) F. 26. |
| Memorials: | Rechabites Weston Tent No 94 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 221, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 221, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 221, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 221, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, discharged medically, wounding Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger who served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
49 years ago today, on the 11th June 1976, Private Charles Howard Tasker, 35th Battalion (Reg No-221), miner from Weston, New South Wales and Newcastle?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 84. METHODIST 3 (UNITING) F. 26.
Born at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England October 1891?, 1892? to Albert and Selina Tasker from No. 4 back of 165 Cottel Road, Birmingham, England; husband of Elizabeth Tasker nee Sneddon, married 1920, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 1.7.1972, Newcastle, N.S.W., sleeping here, Charles enlisted on the 13th November 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 8.6.1917 (sprained ankle).
Wounded in action - 14.7.1917 (GSW or SW chest, left thigh, left arm, dangerously ill, Battle of Messines).
Transferred to England 4.8.1917.
Granted furlough in England from 27.9.1917 to 11.10.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 12.3.1918.
Charles arrived home on the 22nd May 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 6th August 1918.
Mr. Tasker’s name has been inscribed on the Weston Methodist Church Roll of Honor and the Weston Independent Order of Rechabites Tent No. 94 Roll of Honour. The district of Weston did not produce a War Memorial.
I located this Forgotten Digger resting in an unmarked grave, so November 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Albert Tasker, a son?, died 25.2.1931, Hamilton, N.S.W., also buried here on the 26.2.1931, no funeral or death notice located.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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