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BIRD, Charles Hesba Stretton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4686 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1917, Glebe, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 1879 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Public School, Kurrajong, NSW |
Occupation: | Pipe moulder |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Glebe, New South Wales | |
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31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4686, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
31 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4686, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
1 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4686, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4686 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-01 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Hesba Stretton BIRD was born in 1879 in Sydney
His father was unknown & his mother was Annie BIRD - she married William MADDEN in 1882
Charles married Ethel MIDSON in Sydney in 1899 - they had 3 known children, Stanley, Vera & Cecil