WAERN C.E.A.
Given Names: Charles Ernest Arne
Service Number: 20111
Unit: Field Artillery Brigade 8, Bty 32
Rank: Gunner
Paybook Number: 112480
Age: 20 Yrs 5 Mths
Occupation: Engineer
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 7¾ In
Weight: 160 Lbs
Chest: 35½-37½ In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Blue Grey
Complexion: Fair
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 26/1/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER James Dickson Waern
102 Walpole Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 20/5/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Medic A7
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
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Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Rank: Gunner
Discharge Date: 24/2/1919
Place: London
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 2318
Victory Medal: 2318
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1895
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Father: James Dickson WAERN
Mother: Bertha Julia WOLFARDT
MARRIAGE
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DEATH
Date or Year: 21/3/1955
Place: Fitzroy, Victoria
Burial: Kew Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 6/6/1917; gun shot wound, left foot
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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