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Charles Stewart GARLAND

Regimental number2038
Date of birth16 October 1886
Place of birthCarcoar, New South Wales
SchoolThe Armidale School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMining overseer
AddressCorona, Heydon Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Garland, Corona, Heydon Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 May 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name30th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 55), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Mary GARLAND, 9 Heydon Street, Mosman, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 16 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 22 March 1916.

Proceeded to 30th Bn for 8th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 1 April 1916; joined 30th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916, and reverted to the rank of Private.

Promoted Sergeant, 19 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GARLAND Charles Stewart

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