Charles (Charlie) MANCE

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MANCE, Charles

Service Numbers:	763, 763A
Enlisted:	12 April 1917, Brunswick, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stratford, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1900
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 2001, aged 100 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Memorials:	Merrylands Charles Mance Memorial Reserve

World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 763, Brunswick, Victoria
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 763, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 763, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
31 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion
8 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 763A, 22nd Infantry Battalion

Last one

A chap who knew Charlie well said he was the last surviving WW1 veteran in NSW.
He was gassed by the Germans in WW1 , yet was a lifelong smoker and lived to the age of 100!

Submitted 23 March 2021 by Thomas Ryan

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted and served as Charles Mance

Biography contributed by mellisa mance

Charlie lived to serve in the name of peace after becoming alcohol free in his later years. He was the president of AA, attended schools to talk about the futility of war and always said "a man who wants war is not right in the head". Charlie received the Legion of Honour at a ceremony in France when he was 98 years old and opened the Anzac Bridge in Sydney. The statue of the aussie digger on the bridge is in his image.

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