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Charles DIGHTON

Regimental number4102
Place of birthPort Augusta, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse driver
AddressCoolgardie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinBrother, Ernest Dighton, 26 Hopkins Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick WIlliam and Elizabeth DIGHTON
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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