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Charles Thomas SCRIMSHAW

Regimental number1418
Date of birth13 October 1895
Place of birthBathurst, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCleaner
Addressc/o Mrs Isabella A Scrimshaw, 33 Park Street, Erskineville, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabella A Scrimshaw, Swift Street, Wellington
Enlistment date4 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1463
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 29 May 1916
Discharge date5 March 1919
Other details

War service: embarked for overseas service from Sydney, New South Wales, 11 February 1915. Served in Egypt. Returned to Australia ,29 May 1916.

Re-enlisted, 31 March 1917. Religion: Church of England. Occupation: Photographer. Next of kin: Wife, Mrs R. Scrimshaw, 11 Rue-et-Charani, Bab Tidia, Alexandria, Egypt.

Embarked at Sydney on board HMAT A15 'Port Sydney' on 9 May 1917, with the rank of Private, regimental number 3332, in the 7th Light Horse Regiment, 27th Reinforcement.

Transferred to Australian Flying Corps.

Medals: 1914-15 Star; Victory Medal.

Also served in the 2nd Australian Garrison Battalion, Service no. N271869, 6 JUne 1941 to 4 April 1945; and in the Citizen Militia Forces from 5 April 1945 to 30 October 1945.
Date of death18 February 1958
Age at death62
Place of burialMethodist Cemetery, Field of Mars, Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales

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