Geboortedatum: 08/11/1886

Geboorteplaats: Adelaide, South Australia, Australië

Beroep: Chemicus

Land: Australië

Strijdmacht: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Service nummer: 12637

Dienstneming datum: 26/04/1915

Dienstneming plaats: Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australië

Eenheden:  —  Australian Infantry, 35th Bn. (Newcastle's Own Regiment)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 12/10/1917

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 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 Gebruikte bronnen

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

Discovering Anzacs http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

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

National Archives of Australia http://www.naa.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

The Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Gebruikte bronnen