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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Disembarked: 

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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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary