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Charles Edye MANNING

Place of birthHunters Hill, New South Wales
SchoolThe King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBarrister-at-Law
Address151 Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinMrs E Manning, Merilbah, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as Lieutenant, 34th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit name24th Battalion, Headquarters
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Not awarded. Second recommenation for an MID, 15 September 1916; not awarded.
Recommendation date: "3 October 1916 (Gellibrand letter)"

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).

FateKilled in Action 7 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialBecourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row V, Grave No. 2), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (window) in All Saints' Anglican Church, Hunters Hill, New South Wales. Parents: Charles James and Emily Urania MANNING. Native of Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: Captain Guy Owen MANNING, accidentally killed, 1915, German New Guinea.

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