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Charles Henry BLUNT

Regimental number5779
Place of birthGlen Innes New South Wales
SchoolState School, Beaudesert, Qld
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSawmill labourer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs S A Wease, Camundra, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 December 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death22 December 1917
Age at death27.6
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialWulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 12), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sarah Ann WEASE (formerly BLUNT), Canungra, Queensland, and the late Mark BLUNT. Native of Beaudesert, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6960 Pte Joseph John BLUNT, 15th Bn, killed in action, France, 7 July 1917; Step-Brothers: Oliver WEASE, killed in action; 2 returned to Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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