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Charles Henry John DIEWS

Regimental number5006
Place of birthKatoomba, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address62 Dargan Street, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Diews, 62 Dargan Street, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 5 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Final unit incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 20th Bn.
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave no. 22), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Henry John and Sarah DIEWS, 62 Darghan Street, Glebe, New South Wales. Native of Katoomba
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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