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Charles WEALANDS

Regimental number1731
Place of birthTumbarumba New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTumbarumba, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Ralph Wealands, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 June 1917
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 24), Neuve Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tumbarumba Roll of Honour ('Advance Australia'), Tumbarumba, New South Wales.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2996 Pte Arthur WEALANDS, 18th Bn, returned to Australia, 30 January 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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