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War Service<\/h2>\n
Charles enlisted for the AIF on the 12th November 1915 and was posted to the 28th Battalion, 9th Reinforcements. The unit embarked per the Militades <\/em>on 12th February and disembarked at Suez in March. Charles was transferred into training battalions in April and May, and in June embarked from Egypt and landed in Plymouth. He was promoted to Acting Corporal on the 16th August and then to Corporal in January 1917. He was attached to various training units and in October was transferred to the School of Instruction Candahar Barracks, Tidworth. Another promotion to Acting Sergeant was earned in November 1917.<\/p>\n On June 23rd Charles presented to the Brigade Clearing Hospital with influenza, and he was transferred to the No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford on 25th June, 1918 with Broncho pneumonia. He died of acute bronchitis the next day and was awarded a full Military funeral. His grave is in the Codford War Graves Cemetery.<\/p>\n [su_quote cite=”Lieut. J.M Maughan”]The late Sgt Ziesler was held in very high esteem by all ranks in the unit and always proved himself a keen soldier, a true and sympathetic comrade and a friend in need and deed. His loss to the Unit is very keenly felt.[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n [su_expand more_text=”Show more” less_text=”Show less” height=”2″ link_color=”#e5be5e” link_align=”center”] [\/su_expand]<\/p>\n View Charles Ziesler at the National Archives of Australia<\/a> About Charles Ziesler Charles was born in Temaru, New Zealand in 1872 to William & Lucy Ziesler. It is unknown when he moved to Australia, but was married in Perth in 1909 to Martha Mary Grimwood. The couple had two children before Charles enlisted for … Continue reading ZIESLER Charles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":377,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2738,"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1721\/revisions\/2738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/broomeanzacs.broomemuseum.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Enlistment Details<\/h2>\n
\nDate of Enlistment: 12\/11\/1915
\nPlace of Enlistment: Blackboy Hill Camp
\nOccupation: Clerk
\nAge at Enlistment: 43
\nService Number: 3961
\nUnit:28th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, 51st Battalion,
\nRank: Corporal
\nFate: Killed in Action (result of illness)
\nPlace of Death: Codford, Wiltshire, UK
\nDate of Death: 25\/06\/1918
\nCemetery or Memorial Details:Codford War Cemetery<\/p>\nNewspaper Articles<\/h2>\n
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Other Online Resources<\/h2>\n
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