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| dateofbirth	  = 26 Jan 1912
| placeofbirth	  = Northam, Western Australia
| death	          = 2 Nov 1989 aged 77
| placeofdeath	  = Inglewood, Western Australia
| enlistmentage	  = 28 years, 6 months
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| occupation	  = Bush worker
| religion	  = Church of England
| address	  = Runnymead, Bedfordale, Western Australia
| relation	  = Mother
| nextofkin       = Mrs Florence Hansen
| regnumber	  = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6453006  WX3868]
| enlistmentdate  = 1 Jun 1940
| rank	          = Private
| unit     	  = [[2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion]]
| 1stembarkationdatefrom= 3 Jan 1941
| 1stembarkationdateto= 12 Jan 1941
| 1sttransportembarked= HMT Aquitania
| 1sttransportnote= Fremantle to Colombo

| 1stembarkationdatefrom1tran= 16 Jan 1941
| 1stembarkationdateto1tran= 2 Feb 1941
| 1sttransportembarked1tran= HMT Nieuw Zeeland
| 1sttransportnote1tran= Colombo to El Kantara, Egypt

| 1stdateofreturnfrom= 21 Nov 1941
| 1stdateofreturnto= 5 Dec 1941
| 1sttransportreturn= SS Oranje
| 1sttransportreturnnote= Port Tewfik - Fremantle

| fate1	          = Wounded in action 1 Sep 1941 Tobruk
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| medal1	  = 1939-45 Star
| medal2          = Africa Star
| medal3          = War Medal 1939-45
| medal4          = Australian Service Medal 1939-45
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==Pre War==
Electoral Roll entries: 1936 Group 23; farmhand

==War Service==
While Charles enlisted on 1 Jun 1940 he was immediately granted 17 days leave without pay, reporting to the Northam Camp on 18 Jun 1940. On 15 Aug 1940 he was admitted to the [[Northam Camp Hospital]] with Influenza and the Measels, returning to duty on 19 Aug 1940. However, he was charged with being AWOL from midnight 18 August to 9:00pm on the 19th, resulting in the forfeiture of a days pay and 7 days Confined to Barracks. On 6 Sep 1940 Charles was transferred to the [[2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion]].


On 7 Oct 1940 Charles was again in trouble, charged with 1)Neglecting to obey Battalion Standing Orders. Creating a disturbance while under the influence of liquor, and 2) Wilful damage to property for which he was Admonished. Charles was granted pre-embarkation leave from 27 Nov until 5 Dec 1940, and embarked for overseas aboard [[HMT Aquitania]] on 3 Jan 1941. In Colombo on 12 Jan 1941 the battalion transferred to [[HMT Nieuw Zeeland]] which then sailed on 16 Jan 1941 for El Kantara in Egypt, disembarking on 2 Feb 1941.


On 13 Mar 1941 Charles was admitted to [[2/1st Australian General Hospital]] with Basal Pneumonia. He was released to the [[2/1st Australian Convalescent Depot]] on 1 Apr 1941 and on 21 Apr 1941 he joined the [[24th Australian Infantry Training Battalion]] and then on 3 May 1941 the [[AIF (ME) Staging Camp]]. On 30 May 1945 Charles returned to the [[2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion]]. 


Charles was wounded in action at Tobruk on 1 Sep 1941 with a compound fracture of the right Tibia. He was a member of a patrol that sustained casualties when it ran into an enemy unit. He was evacuated to the [[2/4th Australian General Hospital]] and transferred on 9 Sep 1941 to the [[2/11th Australian General Hospital]]. Another transfer took place on 19 Sep 1941 when Charles was transferred to the [[2/2nd Australian General Hospital]] where on 3 Nov 1941 a Medical Board assessed him as 'C3" temporarily unfit for service. Charles embarked on [[SS Oranje]] in Port Tewfik which sailed on 21 Nov 1941 for Fremantle which it reached on 5 Dec 1941. 

The patients were unloaded the next day, and Charles was sent to the [[110th Australian Base Hospital]], held against the Returnees Depot, a section of the [[Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot]]. On 23 December he was charged with having been AWOL from 4:30pm on 19 Dec 1941 until 3:45 pm in 29 Dec 1941. For this he forfeited a days pay (6/-) and was fined 5/-(total $1.10). On 30 Dec 1941 Charles was transferred to the [[Lady Mitchell Convalescent Home]] until 21 Jan 1942 when he returned to the [[110th Australian Base Hospital]], returning on 29 Jan 1942 to the [[Lady Mitchell Home. On 3 Mar 1942 he required another stay in the [[110th Australian Base Hospital]]. Released on 12 March he was again sent to the [[Lady Mitchell Convalescent Home]] until 1 Apr 1942 when he was returned to the Returnees Depot ([[Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot]]). Granted leave immediately , he was however, admitted to the [[110th Australian Base Hospital]] with illness on 11 Apr 1942 before being released to the [[Lady Mitchell Convalescent Home]] on 13 Apr 1942. On 25 May 1942 Charles was transferred to the [[109th Australian Convalescent Depot]] at Narrogin.


On 5 Aug 1942 Charles was released to the [[Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot]] where he enjoyed some leave before returning to [[110th Australian Base Hospital]] on 7 Aug 1942. The next entry to his records has him leaving hospital on 31 Dec 1941 and facing a Medical Board on 7 Jan 1943. They found him to be classed as 'B2' and he was then processed for discharge which took place on 8 Feb 1943.

==Post War==
Electoral Roll entries: 1943 at 1002 Albany road Victoria Park, labourer; 1949 Palmerston avenue, Victoria Park, labourer; 1954 - 1968 at 2 Palmerston street, Bentley, labourer; 1972 - 1980 at 51 Dundas road, Inglewood, retort operator

==Notes==
Newspaper article: "Wounded in Action": <ref>The West Australian 24 Sep 1941</ref>

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