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Charles Henry SOUTHERN

Regimental number1934
Place of birthBrunswich, Victoria
SchoolBrunswich State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressGreensborough, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Evelyn Southern, 2 Ewing Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1934A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 September 1918
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDoingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row b, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jack and Ellen SOUTHERN; husband of Evelyn SOUTHERN, 173 Sydney road, Brunswick, Victoria

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