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Charles RAWLINGS

Regimental number4
Date of birth6 June 1887
Place of birthSouth Shields, England
SchoolNichols Point State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFitter
AddressNichols Point, Fifth Street, Mildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, J C Rawlings, Nichols Point, Fifth Street, Mildura, Victoria
Enlistment date19 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/4/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 374 Pte Thomas Henry RAWLINGS, 1st Signal Company, killed in action, 4 October 1917; 1447 Driver Alfred RAWLINGS, 4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 February 1953
Age at death65
Place of burialMildura Cemetery, Victoria

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