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Born: 1 January 1892
Died: 21 November 1918
Served with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in Rabaul between August 1914 and January 1915 prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in May 1915. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 24 August 1915 while serving with the 18th Battalion. He was invalided to Australia in March 1916 after treatment at Mudros and London.
He again left Australia in February 1917 and, after training postings in England, returned to the 18th Battalion in November 1917. He was admitted to hospital with influenza on 11 November 1918 and died at Rouen on 21 November 1918. [JSB]
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- MERRETT Charles Henry Edward : Service Number - 739 1802 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) MERRETT Emma (website)
- Find War Dead: MERRETT, CHARLES HENRY EDWARDS (webpage)
- Charles Henry Edwards Merrett (photograph)
- AUSTRALIAN IN ACTION THE ROLL OF HONOR. NEW SOUTH WALES. [81st Casualty List] (newspaper article)
- MEN WHO HAVE NOBLY DONE THEIR DUTY. CHEERFUL WARRIORS BACK FROM THE FRONT. (newspaper article)
- 450th CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. ILL. (newspaper article)
- 451st CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. DIED-OTHER CAUSES. (newspaper article)
- Death Notices (newspaper article)
- IN MEMORIAM - On Active Service (newspaper article)
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- MERRETT C. H. E. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
- Merret, C.E. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
- Merrett, C H E on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour