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Charles Wesley HUTCHINSON

Regimental number4518
Place of birthQueensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDuleen via Dalby, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 8"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, W Hutchinson, Duleen via Dalby, Queensland
Enlistment date15 September 1915
Place of enlistmentToowoomba, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateReturned to Australia 1 February 1918
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and good work during operations near ZONNEBEKE on morning of 26th September, 1917. Lance Corporal HUTCHINSON brought a trench mortar into action in front line under direct machine gun and rifle fire and effectively engaged a Pill Box which was giving trouble. During the relief his gun crew were caught in a heavy barrage and one man severely wounded. Lance Corporal HUTCHINSON guided his party to safety, returned through the barrage, and while carrying the wounded man to safety was severely wounded himself.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918

Discharge date3 May 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Joined 15th Bn, Serapeum, 2 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916.

Transferred to 4th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 28 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 28 August 1916 (shrapnel wound, left cheek), and admitted to 1st Australian Rest Station; discharged to duty, 29 August 1916.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 1 February 1917 (shrapnel wound, arm and leg(, and admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 2 February 1917, and transferred to 45th Casualty Clearing Station, and then to Ambulance Train No 21; to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 3 February 1917 (gun shot wound, wrist, left hand); to England, 23 February 1917, and admitted to Bath War Hospital, 25 February 1917; discharged on furlough, 23 March 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 27 May 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, Belgium, 16 June 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 12 September 1917.

Wounded in action (third occasion), 28 September 1917 (shrapnel wound, face; shock); admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 29 September 1917; transferred to New Zealand Stationary Hospital, 1 October 1917; to Ambulance Train No 18, 4 October 1917, and admitted to 54th General Hospital, Boulogne; discharged to 12th Convalescent Hospital, Aubeuge, 14 October 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Trouville, 2 November 1917; to Base Depot, Havre, 14 December 1917; to England, 23 December 1917; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 24 October 1917.

Awarded Military Medal.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Balmoral Castle', 1 February 1918; disembarked Sydney, 28 March 1918, for onward travel by land to Brisbane; discharged, Brisbane, 3 May 1918.

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death13 May 1962
Place of burialDalby Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUTCHINSON Charles Wesley

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