Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Lansdowne, Charles J Service Number 4654

Killed in Action 26th September 1917 Polygon Wood, Ypres

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NAME Lansdowne, Charles J

SERVICE NO 4654

UNIT 31st Battalion/ 12

th Rienfs.

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 29 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Moss Vale, NSW

ADDRESS Kyogle, NSW

OCCUPATION Farming

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 21 Nov 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Casino, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 5 mths AIF Camp Enoggera

NEXT OF KIN Father;- James Caldwell Lansdown, Kincumber, via Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 7½”. Weight-10st. Chest-35-37½. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Top Plate/ 2 Vacc marks on left arm

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 22 Dec 1916 Sydney per A64 “Demosthenes”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Enlisted in Qld & then again in NSW

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 8-13 Feb 1917- Influenza

20 Feb-1 Mar 1917 & 2 -12 Apr 1917 Influenza/

DIED 26 Sept 1917 Polygon Wood, Ypres

BURIED Re-interred- Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke, 2 miles E of Ypres. Plot 9 Row L, Gve 2

MEDALS British War Medal-24828, Victory Medal-53976. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-353273.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc, 1 hat badge/

WILL Beneficiary;- Father.

CORRESPONDENCE A Standfield-“Cob-o-corn” Eden Creek Kyogle, NSW

Mr R J Cullen “Cob-o-corn” Creek Kyogle, NSW

Father/

REMARKS Reported missing 26 Sept 1917

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