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Charles CAMERON

Regimental number1631
Place of birthPrahran, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMerbein, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Robert Cameron, Mildura, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets, Victoria.
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular

Five times rejected, but accepted on 6th try; after 2 illnesses in camp was discharged as medically unfit. Dropping his first name (Kenneth), offered himself again and was accepted; promoted Reg QMS in England; relinquished his position and went to France as a private.

FateDied of wounds 6 May 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 13), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Jane CAMERON, Merbein, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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