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Charles MEDLEN

Regimental number2808
Place of birthMurray Bridge South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationIronmoulder
AddressDrayton Street, Bowden, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Medlen, Drayton Street, Bowden, South Australia
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 17 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialChester Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Fanny MEDLEN, 20 Government Road, Croydon, South Australia. Native of Murray Bridge, South Australia

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