Forenames

Charlton Conrad AWMM

Surname

Ziesler AWMM

Also known as

• Conrad Charlton Ziesler AWMM
• Conrad Charlton AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1632 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L. Ziesler (mother), Elizabeth Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1632 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916-01 May 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 2nd Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

One of three brothers to serve in WW1 and they enlisted from Timaru in the South Island of NZ. All gave their mother as next of kin on enlistment who was also living in Timaru.
After the War he became a famous Australian broadcaster who pioneered a number of early programmes in the 1930s. He is the father of the late Tony Charlton and Mathew Charlton.
He used to broadcast the ANZAC Day parade on radio or television for a number of years in Australia for the ABC. AWMM

Related objects

External links

Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024448
Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  27: 8
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• The Tahitian : official souvenir of H.M.N.Z. Troopship no. 50. (1916). On board ship: Printed by Arthur Treadwell, "G" Coy, on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 50.