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Charles Sylvester STOKES

Regimental number5192
Place of birthHorsham Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Stokes, Nowra, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateDied of disease 1 March 1917
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row K, Grave 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Lydia STOKES
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4112 Pte Frank Donald STOKES, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 10 June 1919; 5189 Corporal Thomas William STOKES, 47th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 October 1918; 5190 Pte Frederick STOKES, 47th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 August 1919; 5191 Pte George Robert STOKES, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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