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Charles Greaves

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Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey.

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Greaves AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 559 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Thames, Coromandel District Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 28 November 1914 AWMM Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W Greaves, Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 28 November 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 559 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    9 August 1915 AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Melbourne, 25 February 1915.
    Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 May 1915.
    Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 6-7 August 1915; admitted to Hospital Ship 'Delta' (gun shot wound, left arm amputated), 7 August 1915; died of wounds (gangrene), 9 August 1915; buried at sea between Anzac Cove and Alexandria. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 August 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    At Sea AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey (Panel 6) AWMM

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11 October 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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