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Charles Henry GODLEE

Regimental number1075
Place of birthPort Lincoln, South Australia
SchoolStreaky Bay, West Coast, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPO Mindarie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Godlee, Keith, South Australia
Enlistment date7 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular

Enlisted, 7 April 1916; taken on strength 43rd Bn, 28 April 1916; wounded, Armentieres, 8 January 1917; Lance Corporal, 6 November 1917; died of sickness, 1st Casualty Clearing Station.

FateDied of disease 7 February 1918
Date of death7 February 1918
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 42), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Emily GODLEE, Keith, South Australia. Native of Streaky Bay, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 19356 Pte Frederick Oscar GODLEE, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 20 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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