DARMODY, Charles Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Merchant Navy |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Drowned, English Channel, UK, 1 December 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll, Tower Hill Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1917: | Involvement Merchant Navy, Merchant Navy , 3rd Mate ship SS Rydal Hall, Liverpool | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Mercantile Marine Third Mate S S 'Rydal Hall' (Liverpool) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Served in the Mercantile Marine
Third Mate S S 'Rydal Hall' (Liverpool)
Son of Francis Winks Darmody, of 40, Oliver St., Prospect, South Australia, and the late Emma Darmody (nee Birkhead). Born at Port Adelaide.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Albert Edward DARMODY was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1887
His parents were Francis Winks Byron DARMODY & Emma BIRKHEAD nee COOK
Third Mate S S 'Rydal Hall' (Liverpool)
Charles died of drowning on 1st December, 1917 in the English Channel due to his cargo ship being attacked by an enemy submarine which sank in the English Channel with 23 crew members lives lost
His name is memorialised on the Tower Hill Memorial in London
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His brother George Howard DARMODY (SN 4150) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917
Another brother Joseph Robert DARMODY (SN 503) served in WW1 and also returned to Australia in 1917
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