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JAGER, Charles Henry
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | VX17073, PM5817 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Field Regiment |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia , 10 December 1919 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield South, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 10 April 2008, aged 88 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX17073, Recruit Reception Depot, Enlisted Armadale, Victoria. Taken on strength Recruit Depot, Melbourne. | |
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| 18 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX17073 | |
| 28 Mar 1940: | Transferred Gunner, Australian Artillery Training Depot, Posted to Artillery and moved to Broadmeadows for training. | |
| 4 Apr 1940: | Transferred Gunner, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Posted to new unit at Puckapunyal for further training. | |
| 14 Apr 1940: | Embarked Gunner, VX17073, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Embarked Melbourne with unit per ship H.M.T. Y5 for Middle East. | |
| 18 May 1940: | Embarked Gunner, VX17073, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Disembarked at Kantara, Egypt with Unit. | |
| 8 Jun 1940: | Wounded Gunner, VX17073, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Admitted to Camp Hospital - Injury to Ankle, Dier Suneid, Palestine. Discharged from Camp Hospital 15th June 1940. | |
| 1 Sep 1940: | Wounded Gunner, VX17073, 1st Australian General Hospital, Sprained Ankle - Evacuated to Hospital | |
| 6 Sep 1940: | Transferred Gunner, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Returned to Unit Duties. | |
| 6 Jan 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX17073 | |
| 6 Jan 1943: | Discharged Gunner, VX17073, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, On his return to Australia with his unit, Charles elected an administrative discharge from the A.I.F. and elected to serve with the Royal Australian Navy. He commenced his Service on 17th February 1943 at Cerberus as Ordinary Seaman SN P.M5817 and served the Navy until his discharge on 13th October 1945. | |
| 17 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM5817 | |
| 13 Oct 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM5817 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, VX17073, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment |
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