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Charles John LUFF

Regimental number2658
Place of birthReid Creek Goldfield, Queensland
SchoolState School, Mt Perry, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Perry, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 9.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Luff, Mount Perry, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil. Twice rejected for AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date24 June 1916
Place of enlistmentBundaberg, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 19 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 25 November 1918
Place of burialSt. Lawrence Churchyard (Australian 92), Cowley, Middlesex, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Margaret LUFF, Mount Perry, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Brisbane, 19 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 December 1916.

Found guilty, Pioneer Training Bn, Larkhill, of being absent without leave from midnight, 21 December, to 7 pm, 23 December 1916: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 8 days' pay.

Taken on strength, 4th Pioneer Bn, in the field, France, 15 March 1917.

On leave to England (date not recorded); admitted to No 7 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, on returning from leave, 30 November 1917; transferred to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 1 December 1917 (venereal disease); transferred to Base Depot, Havre, 17 January 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 49 days; rejoined unit, in the field, 27 January 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 31 October 1918.

Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 31 October 1918.

Died of pneumonia, 25 November 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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