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Charles Basil DORRINGTON

Regimental number2543
Place of birthWilliamstown
SchoolMontrose State School, Montrose, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationHair drafter
Address10 Shamrock Street, West Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Caroline Margaret Dorrington, 10 Shamrock Street, West Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date14 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 February 1918
Place of death or woundingHyde Park, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Wing Egerton and Caroline Margaret DOEEINGTON, 10 Shamrock Stret, West Brunswick, Victoria. Born at Williamstown, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNephew: Lance Corporal Claude Douglas Pitt, killed on 4th October, 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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