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Charles MONDY

Regimental number2636
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address47 Maddison Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 6.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Harriet Mondy, 47 Maddison Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 June 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Family/military connectionsBrother: 168 Pte John MONDY, 13th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 March 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 2nd Bn, Gallipoli Peninsula, 4 November 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 28 December 1915.

Transferred to 54th Bn, 14 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.

Now, 28 July 1916, reported as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 1800504: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt Mills. 10.10.19.'

Statement, 4733 Pte A.W. BARRY, 54th Bn, 13 October 1916: 'I knew Mondy; his initial was "C", nd he and I were on the same Lewis Gun ... He was killed at Fleurbaix on 19.7.16. and Sgt. Cookson saw him hit in No Man's Land, and Cookson told me Mondy's paybook was handed in about 3 days after.'

Second statement, 3028 Pte C.E. COLLATH, 54th Bn, 13 April 1917: 'I was with him when he was slightly wounded at Fromelles beyond the 1st German line. There was a heavy bmbardment going on and we had to leave him there with his Lewis Gun by his side.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MONDY Charles
Red Cross file 1800504

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