Charles Frederick HALE

Regimental number2183
Place of birthAdelaide South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLeadlight worker
Address23 Molesworth Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Emma Hale, 23 Molesworth Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military service80th Infantry
Enlistment date20 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 50th Battalion
Promotion date: 5 January 1919

Lieutenant


Unit: 50th Battalion
Promotion date: 5 April 1919

FateReturned to Australia 25 September 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Listed on Clarkson Ltd Roll of Honor (design commissioned but never made): watercolour painting now held in the State Archives of South Australia. The Roll takes the form of a stained glass window headed 'The Great War 1914-1919', with a dedication: 'In Memory of Employees of CLARKSON Ltd who fell in the Great War and in honour of those who left Australia to serve with the Australian Imperial Forces.' The Roll of names is surrounded by scrolls listing major battles, most of which are misspelled: Courtenay's Post, Passchendael, Bullencourt, Poziers, Villers Brettonneux.
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15
Date: 4 February 1919

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 May 1953
Age at death58
Place of burialSt Jude's Church of England Cemetery, Brighton, South Australia