Regimental number | 58 |
Place of birth | Dartmoor, Victoria |
School | North Dartmoor School, Victoria; Wando Vale State School No 3397, Victoria |
Other training | Spent 1 year in the Salvation Army Training College. |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Wando Vale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | G Greenham, Wando Vale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Casterton, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'As far as we know he was the first Casterton volunteer. Very anxious to strike a blow for the cause of Australia & the first Casterton soldier to fall.' (details from father) |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 27 |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 72 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Listed on Wanda Vale State School Honor Roll, Victoria. |
Family/military connections | First cousins: 2891 Lance Corporal Arthur Engle GREENHAM, 48th Bn, killed in action, 6 August 1916; 2574 Pte George William Thomas GREENHAM, 44th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Wounded in action, 1 May 1915 (gun shot wound, abdomen). Died at sea on board HT 'Galeka', 1 May 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Second given name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Gussus. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GREENHAM Charles Gustus |