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Charles FEW

Regimental number4790
Place of birthMethwold, Norfolk, England
SchoolChristchurch near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGeneral Post Office, Wickepin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Mr S Few, Bank View, Christchurch Cambridgeshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 July 1917
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death25
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave No. 14), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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