Charles Vernon JASON

Regimental number2399
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
Address99 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs C E Jason, Carlton, Victoria
Enlistment date29 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 September 1916
Place of death or woundingPrisoner of War
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (Plot XVI, Row C, Grave No. 14), Souchez, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Henry and Clara Elizabeth JASON, 113 Frummond Street, Carlton, Victoria