ALDRED, Charles Percy
| Service Number: | 4352 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, London, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Valley Heights, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | London County Council School, England |
| Occupation: | Engine cleaner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Springwood District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4352, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4352, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4352, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4352, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4352 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-07 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Charles Percy ALDRED, (Service Number 4352) born in London in 1893, joined the NSWGR as an engine cleaner at the Penrith locomotive depot in February 1914.
In November 1915 he enlisted in the AIF and was sent by way of England to France in September 1916. Evacuated to England suffering from trench feet in November, he was discharged from hospital in February 1917 and re-joined his unit in France in June. Promoted to Lance Corporal in September, he died of wounds received in action in Belgium on 7 October 1917. He was buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, two miles E of Ypres.
(NAA B2455-3024540)
Submitted 9 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles had come from England to Australia some 4 years previous. He was wounded in action on the 7 October 1917 when some men of the 18th Battalion conducted a small raid on an enemy strongpost near Polygon Wood. Died of wounds the next day.
His younger brother, Driver Leonard George Aldred, City of London Regiment, Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action, 19 September 1917, age 22. Only 3 weeks between the brothers deaths.