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Ernest CHARLESTON

Regimental number707
Place of birthWest Kentish, Tasmania
SchoolState school, Tasmania
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLaBourer
AddressWilmot, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinBrother, Albert Charleston, Wilmot, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 37), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Bridget CHARLESTON. Born at Sheffield, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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