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Charles FORTT

Regimental number2367
Place of birthSouth Rotherton
SchoolBoard School
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Fortt, Bridgeway, South Pitterton, Somersetshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and A. FORTT, Bridgeway, South Petherton, Somerset, England

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