NOGREN, Charles
| Service Numbers: | 2409, R2409 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boot trade |
| Died: | Illness, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 September 1920 |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Brighton General Cemetery, Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2409, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, R2409, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, R2409, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2409, 7th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW to his right leg - fracture to fibula, which had became septic. Eventually sent home to Australia as unfit for service | |
| 12 Sep 1920: | Involvement Private, 2409, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2409 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1920-09-12 |
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From: How We Served
The final resting place for; - 2409 Private Charles Nogren of Canterbury, Victoria who prior to his enlistment for War Service on the 1st of May 1915 had been employed as a boot maker. Charles was allocated to reinforcements for the 7th Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for Egypt and further training in July 1915. Whilst overseas Charles had been classed as having contracted disease and was returned to Australia for medical assistance in September.
After his arrival in Australia Charles illegally left his place of treatment and was declared a deserter, but returned to camp at Broadmeadows and was again placed on a draft to depart Australia for reinforcements for the 7th Battalion. Charles embarked for England on the 23rd of November 1916 for further training after which he was then sent over to France, Charles firstly entered the ‘Bullring’ at Etaples in April 1917, and from here was sent to his Battalion in the trenches and formally taken on strength with his Unit on the 10th of May 1917.
Charles’s service was continuous until he sustained a gunshot wound to his right leg on the 20th of September, and was sent back to England for hospitalization on the 29th of the same month.
Due to the wound he received it was diagnosed that he had a fracture to his right fibula, and which had become septic. Charles would not be returned to the front, and was deemed no longer fit for active service being repatriated back to Australia for which he departed England on the 5th of January 1919. Having returned to Australia Charles was admitted into the 11th Australian General Hospital in March 1919 where he was diagnosed as having contracted fibrosis of the lungs, which was believed to have developed into tuberculosis.
Charles received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life but his health continued to deteriorate and he was admitted into the Austin Hospital where he succumbed to illness on the 12th of September 1920. Following his premature passing due to his War service Charles was interred within Melbourne General Cemetery Victoria.
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