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Charles Henry HOUGHTON

Regimental number1959
Place of birthBirmingham, Warrickshire, England
SchoolKing Edwards Grammar School
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineers draughtsman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, W H Houghton, 385 Gillott Road, Edgebaston, Birmingham, England
Enlistment date19 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialRosieres Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Helen HOUGHTON, 385 Gillott Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

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