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Charles George COMPTON

Regimental number3037
Place of birthWorthing, Sussex, England
Age on arrival in Australia33
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBricklayer
Address1 Orange Lane, Norwood, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lilian Compton, 1 Orange Lane, Norwood, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in home service 380 days.
Enlistment date28 March 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of enteritis, England
FateDied of disease 2 July 1918
Date of death3 July 1918
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialWorthing (Broadwater) Cemetery (A10, 4, 54), Sussex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles George and Eliza COMPTON; husband of Lilian COMPTON, 1 Orange Lane, Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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