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Charlie Christopher HARVEY

Regimental number3072
Place of birthGosalming, Surrey, England
SchoolGrammer School, Guildford, Surrey and Private School
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressWest Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, Charlie Christopher Harvey, 68 High Street, Godalming, England
Enlistment date30 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe made up his mind to go abroad while he was still at school, because he wanted to have an outdoor life. He found life in Australia very congenial and meant to return to Australia, if he had lived after the War.
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No.II), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: C.C. and Alice HArvey, 38 Queen's Road, Twickenham, England. Native of Godalming, Surrey
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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