Charles Alfred ONIONS

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Service Number:	7339
Enlisted:	6 September 1917, Enlisted at Katanning, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Maidstone, England, 15 February 1899
Home Town:	Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Denmark, Western Australia, 25 August 1965, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Denmark Cemetery, Denmark Shire, Western Australia General Burial Ground, Grave 269. Commemorated with a plague in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor

6 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7339, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Katanning, WA
13 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 7339, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
13 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 7339, 28th Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Fremantle
4 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), In Codford, England
9 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7339, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bomb wound to the arm. Invalided to England on 14 September 1918
30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7339, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of William Edward Onions and Lidia Onions nee Lenard of Denmark, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 3 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Violet May Onions nee Mazzoleth of Denmark, WA. Charles and Violet married in Denmari, WA during 1931c