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Charles HUTCHINGS

Regimental number4503
Place of birthRose Hill Farm, Chatsbury, New South Wales
SchoolChatsbury Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressChatsbury, via Goulburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, J Hutchings, Chatsbury, via Goulburn, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was secretary of the Rhyanna Rifle Club for some years and was keenly interested in the Club.
FateDied of wounds 27 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery Enclosure No. 2 (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 14), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Frances HUTCHINGS, Rose Hill Farm, Chatsbury, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsThree cousins served in the AIF abroad.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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