Charles Frederick BOUCHER

Regimental number2381
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Chilton, and Grammar School, Beechworth, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGoulburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinSister, Mrs Annie Roberts, 161 Bligh Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Date of death31 August 1916
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row P, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
161
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Alicia BOUCHER. Born at Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal