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Born: 1 January 1889

Died: 22 May 1959

Served with the 55th Battalion before joining the 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery.  He was recommended for the Military Medal, downgraded to Mentioned in Despatches, for his "coolness and initiative" while in action at Peronne on 1 September 1918.  The award was not made.  [JSB]

Name recorded
  • Charles Mansfield
Service numbers
  • Service number
  • Service number 3858
Rank
  • Held rank of Private
Birth record
  • 1889 in Capertee, NSW, Australia
Death record
  • 22 May 1959 in North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Life event
  • Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT
Address
  • 267 Military Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Wife - Millie Mansfield
  • Wife - Ruby Millie Patterson
  • Father - Frederick Mansfield
Organisations
  • 55th Battalion, AIF
  • 14th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Main sources
  • First World War Embarkation Rolls - Charles Mansfield (webpage)
  • (website)
  • (website)
  • (webpage)
  • MANSFIELD Charles : Service Number - 3858 : Place of Birth - Capertee VIC : Place of Enlistment - Holdsworthy (Holsworthy) NSW : Next of Kin - (Wife) MANSFIELD Mielie (webpage)
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation for MID): Charles Mansfield (webpage)
Commemorations
  • MANSFIELD C. on the East Face of the Mosman War Memorial
  • Mansfield, C. on the St Luke's Anglican Church Mosman memorial panels

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