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Charles Thomas FIGGIS

Regimental number1082
Place of birthSt Leonards Tasmania
SchoolState School East Launceston, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressSt Leonards, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, W J Figgis, St Leonards, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 June 1916
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death21
Place of burialLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 1), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WIlliam John Holmes and Elizabeth FIGGIS, Young Town, Tasmania. Native of St. Leonards, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsNil

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