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Charles Horace BROCKWELL

Regimental number39
Place of birthMaryborough, Victoria
SchoolState School, Maryborough, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressMaryborough, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Brockwell, Dundas Road, Maryborough, Victoria
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 April 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 11), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Agnes and the late Frederick BROCKWELL, High Street, Maryborough, Victoria,
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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