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Charles SLADE

Regimental number6347
Place of birthBridgeworth, Tasmania
Place of birthBridgewater, Tasmania
SchoolOatlands State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Mr A Slade, 68 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date8 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Ypres, before returning agin, when he was killed in action. RoHC lists first name as Alfred.
FateKilled in Action 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialDivisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 15), Boesinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Grace SLADE, 68 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsFather (aged 55) and two brothers served in A.I.F.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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