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Charles Thomas BROCKWELL

Regimental number894
Place of birthMaryborough, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address26 Salvado Road, East Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Frank Brockwell, 26 Salvado Road, East Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 31 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Place of burialAnzac Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 5), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3281 Pte Francis David BROCKWELL, 11th Bn, killed in action, 22 July 1916; 28652 Gunner Thomas Elliot BROCKWELL, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 9 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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