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Charles John WYATT

Regimental number3299
Place of birthMeredith, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCarpenter
Address6 Fyans Street, South Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, William Wyatt, Meredith PO via Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentGeelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 23), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Detached to School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 29 March 1916; rejoined 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 23 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 3030610: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsHeight and weight illegible on torn Attestation Form.
SourcesNAA: B2455, WYATT Charles John
Red Cross File No 3030610

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