MEZGER  C.

Given Names:  Charles

               

Service Number:  7272

Unit:  7th Battalion, 24th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  40 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:   Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  28/12/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Alice Mezger

8 Chapel Street, Balaclava, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  19/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Margha  

Embarked:  19/1/1919                               

Disembarked:  5/3/1919

Unit:  1st Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                    

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  24/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  65713

Victory Medal:  63346

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1876

Place:  Hobart, Tasmania                         

Father:            

Mother:   

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1906     

Place:             

Spouse: Alice Mary NOKES

 

DEATH

Date or Year:  

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Was living at 13 Mountain Grove, East Kew on enlistment

 

Kew Rotary