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Charles Brooke Burgess
| Name on Board | CB Burgess |
| Name on Service Records |
Charles Brooke Burgess |
| Enlistment Age | 21 |
| Occupation | Signwriter, Buckle Bros |
| Place of Birth | Werribee, Vic |
| Next of Kin | Brooke and Elizabeth Burgess |
| Address | 164 Melbourne Rd, Williamstown, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 1/07/1915 |
| Service No. | 1047 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Sydney |
| Embarkation Date | 9/11/1915 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Beltana A72 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 30th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 7/04/1918 |
| Unit on Death | 30th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Corporal |
| Cause of Death | KIA |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
France |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Boves East Communal Cemetery, Boves, Picardie, France |
Additional Information
Charles Brooke Burgess first enlisted with the naval unit that fought in Rabaul in New Guinea. When the unit returned and were disbanded in Sydney, Charles joined the 30th Australian Infantry Battalion in Sydney.
Corporal Charles Burgess was killed by a bomb dropped from a plane at Gentile Wood between Villers-Bretonneux and Boves.
His Father was a Grocer in Melbourne Rd, Newport.
Cousins: Joseph BURGESS (1917), 7th Battalion, Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 10 August 1915; Gunner Joseph Bird BURGESS (11920), 14th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 4 October 1917; Ebenezer BURGESS (1887), 21st Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 1916; Gunner Eric BURGESS (1674), 53rd Battery, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; Pte Wilson TURTON (5424), 22nd Bn, killed in action, 15 June 1918.
Additional References
Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 20 April, 1918, p2
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