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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
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© 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 1st 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 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
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
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