Geburtsdatum: 08/11/1886

Geburtsort: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Beruf: Chemiker

Land: Australia

Truppe: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Dienstnummer: 12637

Einberufung datum: 26/04/1915

Einberufung ort: Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Einheiten:  —  Australian Infantry, 35th Bn. (Newcastle's Own Regiment)  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 12/10/1917

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 30

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Second Lieutenant Charles Teesdale Main served in the 35th Australian Infantry Battalion, part of the 9th Australian Brigade, of the 3rd Australian Division. On the 12th of October 1917 the 3rd Division participated in the First Battle of Passchendaele. The Division advanced with two brigades, the 9th and 10th. The attack of the 9th Brigade was carried out by the 34th and 35th Battalion and had two main objectives. They would first secure the area until after Augustus Wood and then they would try and capture Passchendaele village. Not soon after the 34th Battalion started to advance at 5.25 a.m. the 35th Battalion joined the attack. Both Battalions advanced in total confusion due to the heavy German shelling of the jumping-off lines. Second Lieutenant Charles Teesdale Main was killed by a shell in this barrage on the 12th of October 1917, while he was on the line of assembly near the Tyne Cot Cemetery. He was buried where he fell, but his body was not recovered after the war.

AIF-Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=185440 Verwendete Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1599532/main,-charles-teesdale/ Verwendete Quellen

Discovering Anzacs http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/ Verwendete Quellen

McCarthy C., 'The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account', London: Arms & Armour Press, 1995, p. 128-129. Verwendete Quellen

National Archives of Australia http://www.naa.gov.au/ Verwendete Quellen

The Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/ Verwendete Quellen

The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Verwendete Quellen