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Charles Preston HURST

Regimental number2767
Place of birthBoyanup, Western Australia
SchoolBoyanup State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist
AddressBoyanup PO, Boyanup, Wester Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Polly Hurst, Boyanup PO, Boyanup, Western Australia
Enlistment date30 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 29 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialHem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7), Hem-Monacu, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth HURST; husband of Polly HURST, Boyanup, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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