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Challen J L G Driver 245

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Sergeant Linton J G Challen, The Herald 19 February 1917

Challen J L G Driver 245 John Linton Graham 1 FAB 26 Salesman Single C of E

Address: Moonee Ponds, Chaucer St, 28 (NOK)

Next of Kin: Challen, J H, Mrs, mother, 28 Chaucer St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 24 Aug 1914

Embarked: A8 Argyllshire 18 Oct 1914 (Sydney)

Awards: Military Medal

Relatives on Active Service:

Challen S G Pte 2879

Date of death: 04/01/1917

"Son of John Henry and Esther Challen, of 28, Dickens St., Moonee Ponds, Victoria,

Australia. Native of Collingwood, Victoria, Australia".

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

Recommendation for Military Medal.

"This NCO was a No 1 of X/1/A Battery on the occasion of he raid on night of 2nd/3rd July 1916.

This Battery had been ordered to fire on the TADPOLE, previous to the raid by 11th Battalion, for

a period of 13 minutes. On opening fire they were subjected to a terrific hostile fire - high

explosive, shrapnel and minnenwerfers. After nine minutes a hostile shell (heavy H E) killed the

whole detachment of No 3 Mortar. The remaining three mortars, by the example of their numbers

one, still remained in action for the rest of the allotted period, though subjected to heavy fire".

Australian War Memorial

Mr and Mrs J H Challen of 28 Chaucer street,

Moonee Ponds have received news that their son,

Sergeant Linton J G Challen, was killed in action

on January 4 in France. The deceased at the out-

break of the war was in the employ of Messrs Sar-

good Brothers in Sydney. He had gained the Mili-

tary Medal for conspicuous bravery. He was well

known in the Collingwood district, being an ex-

pupil of Gold street school, Clifton Hill. Another

brother, Stanley, is still in France.

The Argus 24 January 1917

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1592424

Sergeant L J G Challen has been killed in France.

He was a choir boy at St. Phillip's Church of

England, Collingwood, also a Sunday school teacher.

Early in the war he enlisted as a driver, and was at the

landing at Anzac and Cape Helles, subsequently serving

in the heavy trench mortar batteries in France. Sergeant

Challen, who was a member of the Collingwood branch,

A.N.A., and an old boy of the Gold street (Clifton Hill)

State School, gained a Military Medal for bravery.

The Argus 13 March 1917

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1603236

DISTINGUISHED CHORISTER
Mr and Mrs .J. H. Challen, of Chaucer street, Moonee Ponds, have lost
their son, Sgt. Linton J. G. Challen, in France. He was closely connected
with St. Philip's Church, Abbotsford, us a chorister, and Sunday school
teacher. He was a member of the Colllngwood A.N.A., and an ex-pupil of
Gold Street State School. He enlisted at the outbreak of war as a driver. He
was at the landing at Anzac and Cape Helles, and after the evacuation went
to France, where he served in the heavy trench mortar batteries. In July
last he gained the military medal for conspicuous bravery.