CHARLESWORTH, Joseph
| Service Number: | 285 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Walhalla, Victoria, Australia , August 1876 |
| Home Town: | Gloucester, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand and linesman |
| Died: | Accidental: suffocation , Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1935 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-31. 66. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 285, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 285, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 285, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 18 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 285, 12th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War who died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
88 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 28th October 1935, Private Joseph Charlesworth, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-285), station hand and linesman from Gloucester, New South Wales and Union Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., possibly a father of five, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 52. GENERAL-31. 66.
Born at Walhalla, Victoria about 1883 to George and Margaret Charlesworth; husband of Adelaide Charlesworth nee Rudkin (married 1907, Stroud, N.S.W., died 7.10.1978, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 93, 43 years a widow) of 37 George Street, Wallsend, N.S.W. (1963), Joe enlisted on the 11th January 1915 at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 13th June 1915.
Admitted to hospital 6.10.1918 (pyrexia or fever).
Granted 14 days sick leave from the 19.10.1918 to the 3.11.1918.
Joe returned home on the 7th March 1919 (compassionate leave), being discharged on the 18th May 1919.
Mr. Charlesworth’s name has been inscribed on the Gloucester Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor. Name not inscribed on the Gloucester Shire WW1 Roll of Honor. Name would be inscribed on the Loyal Gloucester Lodge, Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Roll of Honour if one was produced.
The tragic circumstances of Joe’s death were reported (see Trove link) - coroner report states cause of death to be suffocation with food particles.
For 80 years Joe had been resting in an unmarked grave, so on the 28th October 2015 I placed a cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Mr. Charlesworth’s Honour and Dignity will be restored with a Plaque courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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