Captain Charles Henry Linklater

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Photograph P08624.276
Birth Date 1885
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Glenfield
Death Date 1917-06-11
Death Place Belgium
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 4th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-08-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-12-20
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Description

Charles Henry Linklater was wool merchant prior to enlisting, he initially embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Seang Choon (A49) on 11 February 1915. He was wounded at Gallipoli in July 1915 and moved to Malta for treatment of Enteric Fever. He was repatriated to Australia in September 1915. Having recovered from his illness, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Marathon (A74) on 4 May 1916. He was reported as "missing" on 11 June 1917 during the battle at Messines, Belgium, aged 33. This was subsequently amended to killed in action on information received from the German Army. For his conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, he was awarded the Military Cross. He has no known grave, and is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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    Studio portrait of Captain Charles Henry Linklater, 4th (later 33rd) Battalion of Wollstonecraft, ...

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    Oversized wooden novelty 'cut thoat razor', HMAT Marathon 'crossing the line ceremony': Captain Charles Henry Linklater, 33rd Battalion, AIF

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Date of birth 1885
Date of birth 1885
Date of enlistment 16 December 1914
Date of embarkation 11 February 1915
Date of embarkation 04 May 1916
Date of death 1917
Date of death 11 June 1917
Date of death 11 June 1917
Date of fate 11 June 1917

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