Charles Edgar SLEEP

Regimental number488
Place of birthKialla New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressTevern Coral, Richmond River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Thomas Charles Sleep, Tevern Coral, Richmond River, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/12/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 10), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary SLEEP, Teven, Via Ballina, Ne wSouth Wales. Native of Lismore, New South Wales