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Oswald CHARLTON

Regimental number250
Place of birthHeaton, Jersey, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotorist
Addressc/- Mrs Seddon, Gosnells, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Didsbury Road, 'Heaton', Mersey, Manchester, England
Previous military serviceNo
Enlistment date6 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 Thirty Six on 12 July 1916
Place of death or woundingAust. Corps School France - Buried Alberville Cemetery
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Albert CHORLTON; husband of E.G. CHORLTON, 4 Jowells Place, Heaton Mersey, Manchester, England. Native of Heaton Mersey, Manchester

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