LOCKE, Charles Melbourne
| Service Number: | 1790 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Anzac Provost Corps |
| Born: | Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 23 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1952, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-188. 58. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1790, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1790, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1790, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 2 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps | |
| 6 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1790, Anzac Provost Corps , 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
69 years ago today, on the 2nd January 1952, Private Charles Melbourne Locke, Anzac Military Police (Reg No-1790), labourer from Eungai Creek, New South Wales and 73 Lewis Estate, Belmont, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 70. ANGLICAN 3-188. 58.
No death or funeral notice located.
Born at Annandale, New South Wales on the ? ? 1882 to John Thomas and Louisa Sarah Locke; husband of Ita Monica Locke nee Hampson (married 1909, Bellingen, N.S.W., died ?) of 40A Pitt Street, Redfern, N.S.W. and 71 Somerset Street, Richmond, VIC, Charles enlisted November 1915 with the 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment at Casula, N.S.W.
Nothing located on Trove about service, returning home, etc.
I have not located Mr. Locke’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Many thanks to Charles's Grandson Stephen Locke for the notification, photos and family history.
Charles had been resting in an unmarked grave, so March 2017 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for official commemoration to restore Honour and Dignity to Charles.
Apparently also known as James Ryan.
Further information would be greatly appreciated.
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