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SINCLAIR, Charles Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5482 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Avenel, Victoria, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Panoobamawm, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Huntly Public School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Ebblinghem, France, 12 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 24, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Huntly Memorial Hall Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5482, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5482, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5482, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Belgium | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France | |
| 12 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 5482, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5482 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-12 | |
| 12 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5482, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Multiple SW sustained near Strazeele. Evacuated to 15th CCS at Ebblinghem, where he died of his wounds later the same day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte Sinclair sustained multiple SW while in the line near Strazeele on 12 June 1918. He was evacuated to 15th CCS (then stationed at Ebblinghem), where he died of his wounds later the same day.
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