Charles Teague WOOLCOCK

Regimental number969
Place of birthHackney,South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
Address224 Wright Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33.7
Height5' 7.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel May Woolcock, 224 Wright Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 February 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name27th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of disease 31 January 1917
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 2720), Dorset, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Payneham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Photo: Brian McLauchlan
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Died of growth on cheek [melanctic sarcoma of mediastinum], 31 January 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WOOLCOCK Charles Teague