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Charles Henry LOCKE

Regimental number5622
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolState School, QLD and Technical College, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationProcess engraver
Addressc/o Mrs T Mattin, Burlington Street, E Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Locke, Dragon Street, Warwick, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Military Scheme.
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried at Vignacourt.
FateDied of wounds 30 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
108
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Annie LOCKE, Dragon Street, Warwick, Queensland
Family/military connectionsOne brother returned.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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