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Charles LOFTS

Regimental number5081
Place of birthGranite Hill, Lexton, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressGranite Hill, Lexton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Henry Lofts, Granite Hill, Lexton, Victoria
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 13
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 13 February 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 28), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary LOFTS, Lexton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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