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CHALLINGSWORTH, Charles Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2121 |
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Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 12th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Plumstead, England, 26 January 1895 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Tiffins Secondary School, Surrey |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gueudecourt, France, 21 January 1917, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2121, 10th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2121, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2121, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
21 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2121, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2121 awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-01-21 |
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Charles Edward CHALLINGSWORTH was born on 26th January, 1895 in Plumstead, Kent, England
His parents were Edward Spicer CHALLINGSWORTH & Margery Elizabeth BOWLER who married in England in 1889