Charles Edward WITHALL

Link to Embarkation Roll: http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1949702/

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Charles Edward WITHALL

Regimental number 2647

Place of birth Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Religion Church of England

Occupation Mill hand

Address 1826 Dwyer Street, Boulder City, Western Australia

Marital status Single

Age at embarkation 30

Next of kin Mother, Mrs Edith Withall, 1826 Dwyer Street, Boulder City, Western Australia

Enlistment date 18 July 1916

Rank on enlistment Private

Unit name 44th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/61/2

Embarkation details Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916

Rank from Nominal Roll Private

Unit from Nominal Roll 44th Battalion

Fate Killed in Action 31 July 1917

Place of burial Wytschaete Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 20), Belgium

Panel number, Roll of Honour,

Australian War Memorial 139

Miscellaneous information from

cemetery records Parents: Frank and Edith Fanny (nee REEVES) WITHALL

Other details

War service: Western FrontMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Descendants of :

Frank WITHALL

Frank WITHALL was born 14 Jun 1857 in Surrey, England and died 1942 in East Coolgardie, WA. He married Edith Fanny REEVES 09 Jul 1885 in Queenscliffe, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 05 Jul 1867 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 1917 in East Coolgardie, WA, daughter of Augustus REEVES and Eliza Jane YOUNG.

Other events in the life of Frank WITHALL

Occupation: BET 27 Nov 1883 & 02 Apr 1895, K.I.'s first police officer (Mounted Constable)

Children of Frank WITHALL and Edith Fanny REEVES:

i. Charles Edward WITHALL was born 15 Apr 1886 in Queenscliffe, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 31 Jul 1917 in Killed in Action, Belgium

ii. Frank WITHALL was born 25 Dec 1887 in Queenscliffe, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 25 Dec 1887 in Queenscliffe, Kangaroo Island, SA

iii. Sybil Florence Eliza (Florrie) WITHALL was born 22 Jun 1891 in Queenscliffe, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 09 Jun 1950 in Kalgoorlie, WA. She married Melville Guthrie GRAY 25 May 1918 in Boulder, WA. He died 31 Jul 1940 in Perth, WA.

iv. Jack WITHALL was born 28 Mar 1895 in Semaphore, SA and died 28 Mar 1895 in Semaphore, SA

Last updated : 3 June 2021