Lansdowne, Charles J

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Lansdowne, Charles J

Service Service Number Number 1494 4654 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 26th September 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Polygon Wood, Ypres

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

Lansdowne, Charles J

SERVICE NO

4654

UNIT

31st Battalion/ 12th Rienfs.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

29 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Moss Vale, NSW

ADDRESS

Kyogle, NSW

OCCUPATION

Farming

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

21 Nov 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Casino, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

Father;- James Caldwell Lansdown, Kincumber, via Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’ 7½”. Weight-10st. Chest-35-37½. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Top Plate/ 2 Vacc marks on left arm C/E

EMBARKED

22 Dec 1916 Sydney per A64 “Demosthenes”

5 mths AIF Camp Enoggera

DISEMBARKED NOTES

Enlisted in Qld & then again in NSW

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

8-13 Feb 1917- Influenza 20 Feb-1 Mar 1917 & 2 -12 Apr 1917 Influenza/

DIED

26 Sept 1917 Polygon Wood, Ypres

BURIED

Re-interred- Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke, 2 miles E of Ypres. Plot 9 Row L, Gve 2 British War Medal-24828, Victory Medal-53976. Memorial Plaque & Scroll353273.

MEDALS DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Disc, 1 hat badge/

WILL

Beneficiary;- Father.

CORRESPONDENCE

A Standfield-“Cob-o-corn” Eden Creek Kyogle, NSW Mr R J Cullen “Cob-o-corn” Creek Kyogle, NSW Father/

REMARKS

Reported missing 26 Sept 1917

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7377224

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