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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | ERWOOD |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles Oakley |
| Regimental Number | | 175 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 5th West Australia Mounted Infantry |
| State | | WA |
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URL1: Perth WA boundary rider aged 21 from Vic., no previous service.
Source:# 1409 WW1 2131 Corporal ERWOOD Charles Oakley enlisted 23.1.1915 at Blackboy Hill WA, born Echuca Vic. aged 34 years, contractor, 11Bn. AIF died of wounds 11.8.1918 in France.
URL2: WW1 AIF 2131 Cpl. 6th Reinforcements for 11Bn., Charles Oakley ERWOOD a contractor aged 34 in 1915 born in Echuca Vic., nok father at Koondrook via Kerang Vic., 5th WAMI S. Africa, gsw right knee on Gallipoli 11.8.1915, wounded in action 10.8.1918, died of gsw multiple received in action in France 11.8.1918 at 55CCS buried ?Drours Com. Cem. 2.75 miles W of Corbie.
URL3: AWM Roll of Honour, Charles Oakley ERWOOD 2131 Corporal 11 Battalion Australian Army First World War1914-1918, died of wounds 11.8.1918 in France, place of association East Fremantle WA, cemetery or memorial details Daours Communal Cemetery Extension Daours Picardie France.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 422
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 7.3.1901
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1409
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24727055 | | External Link URL2 | | recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3544238 | | External Link URL3 | | www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1723885/ |
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