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Charles Horatio CAPEL

Regimental number2546
Place of birthSandgate, Queensland
SchoolNormal School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSurveyors chainman
AddressOverfield, West Street, Hurstville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Marion Capel, Overfield, West Street, Hurstville, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 June 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 10), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Reginald and Marion CAPEL, Overfield, West Street, Hurstville, New South Wales. Native of Sandgate, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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