Hilton Henry CHARLES

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CHARLES, Hilton Henry

Service Number:	T27998
Enlisted:	6 August 1941, Motor Regiment No 4 Troop B Squadron
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 25 August 1922
Home Town:	Wivenhoe, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Packer
Died:	Burnie - Tasmania, Australia, 17 August 2009, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Burnie Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:	Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

6 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, T27998, Motor Regiment No 4 Troop B Squadron
6 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T27998, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
13 Feb 1944:	Embarked Private, T27998, 11A Motor Regiment per Katoomba Rae for Lae
19 Mar 1944:	Transferred Private, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF
10 Aug 1944:	Embarked Private, T27998, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF, per Van Heutz ex Madang
23 Oct 1945:	Embarked Private, T27998, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, per Torakunge for Fauro Island
23 Oct 1945:	Transferred Private, 7th Infantry Brigade Train
1 Apr 1946:	Embarked Private, T27998, 7th Infantry Brigade Train, per Kanimble for Sydney, NSW
7 May 1946:	Discharged Private, T27998, 7th Infantry Brigade Train
7 May 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T27998, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Hilton was the second of three sons of Walter (Watty) Bigou Charles (born 1889 in Emua Bay, Tasmania) and Winifred (Win) Amos (born 1895 in Portland, Tasmaia). Watty and Win married 1920 in Burnie, Tasmania where they raised their family. Watty was a Labourer.

Hilton's brothers - Baden Trevor (Service No: TX1587/T27911) and Wallace Darrell (Service No: TX1621F/T902872) - served in WWII.

In November 1941 Hilton, working as a Packer in Burnie, Tasmania, enlisted in the CMF, and served as a Private and Sapper (T27998) in New Guinea (13/02/1944 - 10/08/1944) and Bougainville (29/12/1944 - 07/04/1946).

Following his Discharge in May 1946 Hilton returned to Tasmania where he worked as a Labourer. In 1948 he married Dorothy (Dot) Elda Eldred (born 1928 in Burnie, Tasmania. Hilton and Dot raised their family in Burnie, where Hilton worked as a Labourer. He died in 2009 and Dot in 2016.

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