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MANCE, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 763, 763A |
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| Enlisted: | 12 April 1917, Brunswick, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stratford, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1900 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 2001, aged 100 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Merrylands Charles Mance Memorial Reserve |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 763, Brunswick, Victoria | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 763, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 763, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 31 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 763A, 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Last one
A chap who knew Charlie well said he was the last surviving WW1 veteran in NSW.
He was gassed by the Germans in WW1 , yet was a lifelong smoker and lived to the age of 100!
Submitted 23 March 2021 by Thomas Ryan
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted and served as Charles Mance
Biography contributed by mellisa mance
Charlie lived to serve in the name of peace after becoming alcohol free in his later years. He was the president of AA, attended schools to talk about the futility of war and always said "a man who wants war is not right in the head". Charlie received the Legion of Honour at a ceremony in France when he was 98 years old and opened the Anzac Bridge in Sydney. The statue of the aussie digger on the bridge is in his image.
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