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KEDGE, Charles Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 38512 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gravel Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Brusle, France, 16 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery, France Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 13, Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery, Cerisy, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lake Charm Memorial Gates, Lake Charm State School No 2122 Roll of Honor, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38512, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38512, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38512, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 21 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , France | |
| 16 Sep 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 38512, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 38512 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-16 | |
| 16 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38512, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
According to several eye witness acounts in the Red Cross file, Gunner Kedge died instantly when he was killed by a bomb dropped by an enemy aircraft at Brusle, France (just east of Peronne).
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