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PALMER, CHARLES FREDERICK

Studio portrait of 1228 Private Charles Frederick Palmer, 15th Battalion. A miner of Branxholm, Tas, he enlisted on 1 October 1914 and sailed with H Company aboard HMAT Ceramic on 22 December 1914. He was killed in action, aged 21, on 25 August 1915 on the Gallipoli Peninsula and is buried at Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey

BROTHERS AT GALLIPOLI

 Private James Palmer, writing to his sister from Gallipoli under date September 28, says he is well, and continues: -

"We landed here on Sunday and were under shrapnel fire as soon as we landed, but they did not get any of us. We have had ten wounded since then. It was a hard blow to me to get here and find poor Charlie dead, but you can't expect anything else here. You don't know the minute a sniper is going to get you and when they shoot, they shoot to kill. Charlie never missed a charge and at last a sniper got him through the head; but tell them not to worry he did his bit, and it I live much longer I might tell you I am going to do mine. I went over to see Wif yesterday, and while I was there the Turks made a charge but they never got a hundred yards from their trenches before they were all mowed down, and by what I can hear I don't think they will last much longer. The Turks are very fair fighters. They hardly ever fire on the Red Cross. Our artillery fire warms them up. The shells go right into the trenches and blow the Turks about 20 feet into the air. Alf Mountney and I went down to see Claude Brooks three days ago, and he said Will. Robinson had gone away very ill. Remember me to all, and don't worry about me, hecause I am all right."

 Mr. James Palmer has received the following letter from Lieut. J. Corregan, O.C.”D”  Company:-It is my painful duty to inform you of your sons death. -he was a member of my company and I cannot speak too highly of him. He was a soldier and a man, and you have every reason to be proud of him. He was respected and loved by all his mates and everyone he came in contact with. He was killed on the 25th August while he was engaged digging a trench. You have my deepest sympathy for you have suffered a terrible loss.

The Examiner Launceston 20^th December 1915

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