Charles Edward CHALLINGSWORTH

CHALLINGSWORTH, Charles Edward

Service Number: 2121
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)
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World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2121, 10th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia
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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Biography

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