Church, Chester Cecil

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Church, Chester Allen Cecil

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 635 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 20th July 1916 Peninsula FleurbaixGallipoli Fromelles, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

RELIGION

Mother;- Susannah Louisa Aplin;- “St Astle” Palmer Street Balmain, NSW (Father died Brisbane 1893) Height-5’ 10”.Weight-154lbs. Chest32-35½” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Light. Parrot tattooed R/Arm. Two scars over R/Eye 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 deceased, no particulars afforded.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

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. Memorial Plaque & SCroll-314569

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Letters, Cards, Photos, Note Book, 2 French Books, Paper cuttings, Handkerchief, Linen Bag.

WILL CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS RED CROSS REPORT NEWSPAPER REPORTS

Cousin;- George Garland no 40- 36 Brigade H J Bell 1060 30th Bn engaged to Church’s cousin Yes

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 20.7.1917. IN MEMORIUM CHURCH – In loving memory of Sgt. Chester Cecil Church, aged 25, 30th 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

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