Church, Chester Cecil

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Service Number 635. Killed in Action 20th July 1916. Fleurbaix Fromelles, France

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Church, Chester Cecil Service Number 635

Killed in Action 20th July 1916 Fleurbaix Fromelles, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of

Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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National Archives of Australia

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NAME Church, Chester Cecil

SERVICE NO 635

UNIT 30th Battalion, C Company

RANK Sergeant (1 Apr 1916)

AGE at Enlistment 24 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane, Qld

ADDRESS “St Astle” 81 Palmer St Balmian, NSW

OCCUPATION Hairdresser

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 2 Jul 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Susannah Louisa Aplin;- “St Astle” Palmer Street Balmain, NSW (Father died Brisbane 1893)

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 10”.Weight-154lbs. Chest32-35½” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Light. Parrot tattooed R/Arm. Two scars over R/Eye

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney 9 Nov 1915 per HMAT “Beltana”

DISEMBARKED Suez 11 Dec 1915

NOTES 20 Jul 1916 reported missing France

13 Mar 1917- Id disc rec from Germany with notification soldier was de-ceased, no particulars afforded.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED KIA 20 Jul 1916 (19 Jul 1916 Fleurbaix Fromelles, killed by shell fire)

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-24459, British War Medal-24511, Victory Medal-24344. Memo-rial Plaque & SCroll-314569

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Letters, Cards, Photos, Note Book, 2 French Books, Paper cuttings, Handker-chief, Linen Bag.

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE

REMARKS Cousin;- George Garland no 40- 36 Brigade

H J Bell 1060 30th Bn engaged to Church’s cousin

RED CROSS REPORT Yes

NEWSPAPER RE-PORTS

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 20.7.1917.

IN MEMORIUM CHURCH – In loving memory of Sgt. Chester Cecil Church, aged 25, 30

th Batt., C Company,

killed in action in France July 20, 1916, and Corporal Theodore Mark Church, aged 28, R.E. Kitchener’s Army, who died in Southampton, April 2, 1915, only children of the late Augustus Mark Church, of Edward Street Brisbane, and their sorrowing but proud mother, of Tyrie, Allison Road Randwick. Their duty done on earth. God called my dear ones home.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3248684

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