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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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