BORN NORTH FRODINGHAM 1890.SON OF GEORGE & SABRINA ANN FRANKLIN, OF 2, BADEN GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 48, HAWORTH STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A BARMAN IN AUSTRALIA.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 100LBS WEIGHT, 31 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION, WESLEYAN RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN ADELAIDE, ON 07/09/1916, AGED 25 AND 9 MONTHS. ARRIVED FRANCE 17/04/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/05/1917, AGED 27.
HIS WIFE MARIE FRANKLIN LIVED 236 ANGAS STREET, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. HIS BROTHER WILLIAM FRANKLIN, HAD BEEN KILLED IN 1916.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
6745
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/05/1917
Place died:
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
27
2, BADEN GROVE, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
