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Charles Leslie WICKHAM

Regimental number2781
Place of birthMilltown Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSleeper cutter
AddressTumbarumba, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agatha Josephine Wickham, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 April 1917
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tumbarumba Roll of Honour ('Advance Australia'), Tumbarumba, New South Wales.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAddress entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Tumberumba, New South Wales.

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