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Charles Edward SCANNELL

Regimental number4587
Place of birthTralee, County Kerry, Ireland
SchoolSt Mary's (Catholic) School, North Sydney, New South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia1
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressPhilpott Creek, Gayndah, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinSister-in-Law, Mrs Norah Scannell, 36 Holterman Street, Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 30 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVIII, Row E, Grave No. 14), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Denis and Johanna SCANNELL. Native of Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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