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PONTING, Charles John

Service Number:	3328
Enlisted:	30 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tas., 20 July 1894
Home Town:	Lefroy, George Town, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarence Honour Roll, George Town Municipality Roll of Honour, St Martin's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3328, 26th Infantry Battalion
13 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3328, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
13 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3328, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Hobart

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James PONTING and Jane Ann nee BURR, Lefroy, Tasmania