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Charles Harry SINCLAIR

Regimental number5482
Place of birthAvenel Victoria
Other NamesCharles Henry
SchoolHuntly State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressPannoobamawm, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinGrandparent, Mrs. J.L. Sinclair, Pannoobamawm, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Company
FateDied of wounds 12 June 1918
Place of death or woundingStrazeele
Age at death19.2
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 24), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ellen SINCLAIR. Native of Numurkah, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNil.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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