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Charles Vear FOSSEY

Regimental number4781
Place of birthMockbank, Victoria
SchoolMount Cotterell No. 804, Victoria
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressDalmallee via Dimboola, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Mr W A Fossey, c/o Mrs O Gebert, Dalmallee, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in 2nd London Casualty Clearing Station
FateDied of wounds 25 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26.3
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialGrove Town Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 11), Meaulte, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Alfred and Maria FOSSEY, 36 Spencer Street, Essendon, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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