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Joshua CHARTERS

Regimental number1474
Place of birthRosscommon, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFitter
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 9"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinWife, Emmie Charters, Woodgreen PO, London, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Scots Guards, British Army.
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 13 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1274
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 29 August 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joshua and Rebecca CHARTERS
Discharge date19 January 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Australia, 13 February 1915; no disembarkation details.

Admitted to 1st Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, Egypt, 28 May 1915 (anchylosis to shoulder); discharged to duty, 1 June 1915.

Admitted to 2nd Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 16 June 1915 (epilepsy); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 27 June 1915; to Helouan Hospital, 12 August 1915.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Eupides', 29 August 1915; disembarked Brisbane, 1 October 1915; discharged, 19 January 1916 (medically unfit: epilepsy).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death--/01/1923
Age at death50
Place of burialNorth London Cemetery, England
SourcesNAA: B2455, CHARTERS Joshua

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