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SEXTON, Charles Albert
(Service number 15980)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	22/03/1882	Place of Birth	Sandon, (Palmerston North)

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Albury
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs C. A. SEXTON (wife), care of Mrs C. W. Bennett, Albury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	26 January 1953	Age	70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 116, Plot 3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Albert Sexton, born on 22 March 1882 at Sandon, Manawatu, the son of James and Eliza. He married Rose Judson shortly before embarking in July 1916.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 December 2016]

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