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CHARNOCK, John Herbert Alfred
Personal Details
Service Number: | 490 |
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Enlisted: | 2 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, 1888 |
Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bricklayer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 490, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 490, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 490, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Aarrived in Australia aged 19 years
Son of John and Matilda Charnock
Husband of Mary Sharnock of 35 Bedford Street, New Town, Tasmania formerly of Military Road, Neutral Bay, NSW. Father of Mary Grace Charnock
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the British Navy