Charles Edward Puckle (1887–1915)
SECOND LIEUTENANT CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY PUCKLE
Educated at Melbourne Grammar School 1898-1904, and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. A farmer at Kockatea, Mullewa, in Western Australai. He enlisted in 1914 - the third name registered in Western Australia. Wounded when the 11th Battalion landing party took the heights of Gaba Tepe on April 25, 1915. He was killed in action at Leane's Trench, Gallipoli, on July 31, 1915, during an assault on a Turkish trench. He is commemorated at Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli. He was 28.
Original Publication
Additional Resources
- birth notice, Argus (Melbourne), 5 March 1887, p 1
- World War I service record, item B2455, PUCKLE CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY (National Archives of Australia)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Russell, Alister Campbell (business partner)
Citation details
'Puckle, Charles Edward (1887–1915)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/puckle-charles-edward-24387/text33135, accessed 11 October 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Murray Puckle, Charles Edward
Birth
19 February,
1887
Balaclava, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
31 July,
1915
(aged 28)
Gallipoli Peninsula,
Turkey
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
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