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Maine-C-E-Cpl-21

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Maine C E Cpl 21 Charles Evans 2 Field Amb 20 Salesman Single C of E

Address: Moonee Ponds, Dickens St, 30

Next of Kin: Maine, Fredk, 30 Dickens St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 18 Aug 1914

Embarked: A18 Wiltshire 19 Oct 1914

Awards: Mentioned in Dispatches

Relatives on Active Service:

Maine-A-C-Pte-54949 brother

ROLL OF HONOR

Sgt. C. E. Maine, 2nd Field Ambulance, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maine, of "St. Ives," Dickens street., Moonee Ponds, has been wounded. In December he was mentioned in despatches by Sir Douglas Haig.

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, May 2). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning. Retrieved June 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74605777

Mr. F. Maine, of 30 Dickens street, Moonee Ponds, has received word that his elder son, Sgt Charles E. Maine, has been mentioned in despatches for conspicuous services rendered. He enlisted in August, 1914, and went away with the Army Medical Corps in the following October. He served in Gallipoli, was at the landing there, and after its evacuation saw service in France. He was dangerously wounded on the fourth anniversary of being in the field. He is now in Reading hospital in London. His younger brother, Claude, is leaving for the front shortly.

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1918, June 6). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved June 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606215

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