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Charles Buxton Nash
Name on Board | CB Nash |
Name on Service Records |
Charles Buxton Nash |
Enlistment Age | 19 |
Occupation | Driver |
Place of Birth | Williamstown, Vic |
Next of Kin | John and Madeline Nash |
Address | Robb Street, Spotswood, Vic |
Marital Status | S |
Enlistment Date | 20/01/1915 |
Service No. | 1865 |
Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
Embarkation Date | 13/04/1915 |
Embarkation Ship | HMAT Wiltshire A18 |
Unit on Embarkation | 6th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Date of Death | 18/09/1916 |
Unit on Death | 58th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Rank on Death | Private |
Cause of Death | Died of wounds whilst Prisoner of War (Previously reported missing) |
Place of Wounding/ Death |
Feldlaz:8 Haubourdin (a German Field Hospital) |
Cemetery or Memorial | Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Additional Information
For some time the whereabouts of Charles Nash was unknown. Private V Gordon wrote to the Red Cross seeking information on Private Nash and Lieutenant H Gration as they were separated when they entered a German trench near Fromelles together.
His Red Cross file note a number of reported sightings of Charles Nash being blown up by a bomb. However he was taken prisoner of war and was reported dead of wounds on a Death List provided by the Germans. There was no information on Lieutenant Gration.
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