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Charles CABLE

Regimental number4098
Place of birthMitiamo, Victoria
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSelector
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.8
Height5' 7.5"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Cable, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Section O, Plot III, Row M, Grave 3), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Bethea CABLE, Clonmel, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded in action, France, 14 November 1916 (gun shot wound, right side).

Died of wounds, 12th General Hospital, 1 December 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CABLE Charles

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