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Charles Leslie HANKINS

Regimental number2838
Place of birthClifton Hill, Victoria
SchoolKew State School, Kew, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSalesman
Address6 Temple Street, Auburn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, T Hankins, 35 Auburn Parade, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Row 11, Grave No. ?), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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