NANKERVIS, Charles
| Service Number: | 4553 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1865 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 24 June 1930, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beechworth Cemetery, Victoria Buried at 3.30 pm on Thursday 26.06.1930 in Wesleyan Section A - Plot 1024. Buried with his wife Emma Isabel who died on 01.01.1951 aged 96 years. |
| Memorials: | Corryong Nariel Creek Residents Roll of Honor, Corryong Upper Thowgla State School No 3422 & District Honor Board WW1, Corryong and District Avenue of Honour Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4553, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4553, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4553, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Learmonth
Charles Nankervis was born on 17th March 1865 in Wandiligong, Victoria, to Henry Nankervis and Grace, nee Stephens. On 17th March 1891, Charles married Emma Isabella Simpson at Cudgewa.
On 29th September 1915, he enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. At the time, he was a married, 44-year-old labourer from Nariel, via Cudgewa, Victoria. He was allocated Regimental Number 4553 and placed in the 14th Reinforcements of the 7th Battalion. Charles gave his next of kin as his wife, Emma Nankervis. After initial training, he embarked on HMAT A32 Themistocles at Melbourne, Victoria, on 28th January 1916.
During his enlistment period, he was also a member of the 59th Battalion and 8th Machine Gun Battalion, being transferred on 1st April 1916 and 27th May 1916, respectively. On 15th April 1918, he returned to Australia aboard HMAT A74 Marathon, with the rank of Driver and was medically discharged as unfit for service on 23rd July 1918, being awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal for his service during the war. Charles served in Egypt, Palestine, and on the Western Front.
Charles arrived back in Australia in time to prevent his son Frederick, who was 18 at the time, from enlisting. There is no doubt that Charles wanted to shield his son from the horrors he had seen and experienced overseas.
He passed away on the 24th January 1930 at Beechworth, Victoria and was buried in Beechworth Cemetery.
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