STRUTT, Charles Nettleton
| Service Number: | 252 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Melbourne, Victoria, 21 September 1884 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda West, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Wool Classer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 252, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 17 Aug 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 252, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 252, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 252, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Nettleton STRUTT was born on 21st September, 1884 at 107 Powlett Street, East Melbourne
His parents were Samuel Shippam STRUTT and Mary Ann NETTLETON who married in Victoria in 1883
He had previous service with the Junior Cadets at Scotch College in Melbourne & then went to Howard Smith & Coy. Office & later went to Queensland to learn wool classing.
He enlisted in Melbourne on 17th August, 1914 as a Private and was promoted to Lance Corporal on the same day and embarked with the 6th Infantry Battalion, B Company on the HMAT Hororata on 19th October, 1914
Charles was Killed in Action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on 8th May, 1915 & has no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, & the Australian War Memorial - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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Trove - In Memoriam
STRUTT
A tribute of love to the memory of our dear brother, Charles Nettleton (Lance Corporal) who was Killed in Action in the Dardanelles - inserted by Stan & Ethel.
July, 1915 The death of his Father, Samuel Shippam STRUTT has recently been announced only a short time after his son Charles died in WW1
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