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Charles Schlater BRITTENDEN

Regimental number90
Place of birthChristchurch, New Zealand
SchoolWest Christchurch High School, New Zealand
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressRailway Street, Tiddicombe, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Edward Brittenden, Shakespeare Road, Christchurch, New Zealand
Previous military serviceServed in the Territorial Forces, New Zealand.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentRandwick, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death22 May 1915
Age at death22.2
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialShrapnel Valey Cemetery (Special Memorial A.7), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Kate BRITTENDEN, 73 Shakespeare Road, Christchurch, New Zealand
Family/military connectionsCousins: 1894 Fred Stephen BRITTENDEN, 27th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916; Robert SCOTT, killed in action, France.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNEW ZEALAND TERRITORIAL FORCES

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