HIND, Charles Albert Sidney
(Service number 24099)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 12/10/1893 | Place of Birth | Melbourne, Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | F.E. Hind (father), Maltby Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 16 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Devonport, Devon | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
London Gazette 26/07/1918
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 July 1975 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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Biographical Notes
Charles (also known as Charlie) was born on October 12th, 1893 in Hawthorn, Melbourne. He immigrated to Timaru as an infant with his parents Frank (Francis Ernest) and Mary Hind (née Raybould). His brother Walter Ernest Raybould Hind also served in the war, but was killed. Once he returned from war, Charlie married Jessie Diana Stevenson on May 19th, 1920. The couple had three children: one who died in infancy in 1921, Ronald Walter Hind in 1925 and Eric Charles Hind in 1927. They lived the rest of their lives in Timaru, where Charlie worked as a teacher.
Sources
SCRoll web submission by A Baird, 31 August 2017; Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 August 2017]
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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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