DERHAM C.A.M.

Given Names:  Charles Alfred Melbourne

Service Number: 

Unit:  29th Battalion, A Company                                                                                     

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

Age:  27 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Inspector                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9¼ In                  

Weight:  180 Lbs

Chest:  38½-40½ In

Hair:  Medium Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  3/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Frederick Thomas Derham

Harptree', Sir William Street, Kew, Kew, Victoria                                                                

Embarkation Date:  10/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Wyreema                                        

Embarked:  16/4/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  32nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  24921

British War Medal:  25270

Victory Medal:  25136

Other:    Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  13/11/1887

Place:  South Melbourne, Victoria            

Father:  Frederick Thomas DERHAM        

Mother:  Frances SWALLOW

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Eileen CUSCADEN

DEATH

Date or Year: 16/3/1959                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 3/3/1917; gun shot wound, face & left hand

Wounded in action 8/8/1918; remained on duty

Military Cross recommendation dated 20/9/1917, Sunray Trench, Le Transloy Sector

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V354829                                     

Date Enlisted:  12/3/1943                                        

Date Discharged:  31/10/1945

COMMENTS

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