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Charles Hubert LEDWARD

Place of birthBrighton, Victoria
SchoolBrunswick College, Victoria
Other trainingMelbourne University, VIC
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSurveyor
AddressNorth Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs E L Ledward, 83 Rowe Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Lieut in Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date24 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit nameSpecial Draft, AIF Officers
AWM Embarkation Roll number34/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Ormonde on 7 March 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Ormonde on 13 March 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWell known Melbourne singer and principal baritone at St Patricks Cathedral for 10 years.
FateDied of wounds 4 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 17), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Marion LEDWARD; husband of Ethel LEDWARD, 99 Hotham Street, East Melbourne

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