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Charles William POWER

Regimental number821
Place of birthBirchip, Victoria
SchoolBirchip State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address...
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kin..., Alfred Power, Birchip, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 September 1914
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of disease 11 November 1914
Place of death or woundingDied at sea
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsChatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 467 Pte Alfred Thomas POWER, 5th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia,23 July 1918; 1515 Pte Walter James POWER, 45th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 September 1918.
Other details

War service: died of pneumonia on board HT 'Ascanius', 11 November 1914, en route to Egypt.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, POWER Charles William

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