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Charles Oxley PIESSE

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Place of birthArthur River Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPastoralist
AddressWagin, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs E I Piesse, c/o Mrs Riley, Rose Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Enlistment date24 March 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name11th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery (Officers Section, Plot V, Row 3, Grave No. 18), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Martha PIESSE; husband of E. Ivy PIESSE, Rose Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia. Native of Arthur River, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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