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Married: 1932. Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:9725/1932
Wife: Mary A Summerrell. nee: True.
Died: 28th May 1963. Lidcombe Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:16180/1963
Mother: Elizabeth Summerrell. nee:
| 33rd Battalion. AIF | 3 Officers | 82 Other ranks |
| 34th Battalion. AIF | 5 Officers | 120 Other ranks |
| 35th Battalion. AIF | 9 Officers | 282 Other ranks (including 44 missing) |
| 36th Battalion. AIF | 12 Officers | 133 Other ranks (including 1 missing) |
| 9th Machine Gun Company. AIF | 1 Officer | 18 Other ranks (including 4 missing) |
Charles was transfered to the No: 4 Casualty Clearing Station and was evacuated to England on the 10th of April and admitted to the Bath War Hospital with Severe Gun-Shot Wounds and remaind there for the next 2 months before he was discharged to the No: 3 Command Depot on the 17th of June 1918. He was later transfered to the No: 1 Command Depot at Sutton Venny on the 13th of September and then to the Overseas Training Depot on the 26th of November. Charles left England on board HMAT "Orsova" on the 8th of January 1919 and disembarked in Melbourne, Australia on the 20th of February and proceeded to Sydney and was discharged Medically Unfit on the 5th of June 1919.
Charles's Victory Medal:71904 to PTE: 3379 C SUMMERRELL 33BN AIF was acquired in January 2008 and is now in the collection.
Charles was a single 39 year old Brick Maker from Camperdown upon enlistment.
(Australian National Archives)
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