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• Charles Burton Withy

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Service number

• Service number 62

Ranks

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Second Lieutenant
• Held rank of Lieutenant
• Held rank of Captain

Birth record

• 30 January 1893 in North Sydney, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 14 October 1971 in Ascot, QLD, Australia

Address

• 8 Gouldsbury Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Alfred Ernest Withy
• Mother - Beatrice Ellen Cowles
• Wife - Olive Hodgson Cannan
• Sibling - Ernest Rodney Withy

Organisation

• 1st Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• WITHY CHARLES BURTON : Service Number - QX6291 : Date of birth - 30 Jan 1893 : Place of birth - NORTH SYDNEY NSW : Place of enlistment - KELVIN GROVE QLD : Next of Kin - WITHY OLIVE (NAA file)
• WITHY Charles Burton : Service Number - Captain Qx6291 (item)
• NEW SOUTH WALES. ILL IN HOSPITAL. AT ALEXANDRIA. (newspaper article)
• THE ROLL OF HONOUR. LISTS NO. 224 AND 225. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)
• CASUALTY LIST. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)
• PERSONAL. [Return to Australia] (newspaper article)
• WOUNDED. LIEUT. C. B. WITHY. (newspaper article)
• AWARED THE MILITARY CROSS. [London Gazette Supplement 30716, 31 May 1918, p6474] (webpage)
• MILITARY HONOURS. (newspaper article)
• HOME AGAIN. SOLDIERS BY LEICESTERSHIRE. (newspaper article)
• QX6291 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Burton Withy, DSO, MC [AWM] (webpage)
• IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE. WEDDINGS. WITHY--CANNAN. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• WITHY C. B. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Withy, B on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour