2nd Lt
Charles Teesdale Main

Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
08/11/1886
Lieu de naissance:
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Informations générales

Profession:
Chimiste

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Australia
Force armée:
Australian Imperial Force
Rang:
Second Lieutenant
Numéro de service:
12637
Incorporation date:
26/04/1915
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Unités:
 —  Australian Infantry, 35th Bn. (Newcastle's Own Regiment)  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
12/10/1917
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
30

Mémorial

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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#2 Lieu d'enrôlement

Mon histoire

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.

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AIF-Project
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=185440
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1599532/main,-charles-teesdale/
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Discovering Anzacs
http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/
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McCarthy C., 'The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account', London: Arms & Armour Press, 1995, p. 128-129.
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National Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/
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The Australian War Memorial
https://www.awm.gov.au/
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The Long Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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