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Charles Stanley DUPE

Regimental number3500
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
Address144 Corio Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 3.38"
Weight112 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Dupe, 144 Corio Street, Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 70th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentGeelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1919
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death19.11
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 1), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah DUPE, 7 Cogen's Point, Geelong, Victoria,
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to, and proceeded to 57th Bn from 6th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 23 February 1916; taken on strength of 57th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916.

Transferred to 58th Bn, 18 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 19 March 1916.

Deduction of 5 shillings and 3 pence from pay for mutilating Government Property, 6 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Buried at Rue du Bois Cemetery by Reverend F.P. Williams, 20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DUPE Charles Stanley
Red Cross file 970809

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