6th Field Ambulance
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Edward Harold Charles (SN 7332) born at Ballarat, was a 28 year old chemist when he enlisted on July 14th 1915. Allotted to the Medical Corps, he embarked from Melbourne on November 15th aboard the Port Macquarie. He served in France with the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station and the 6th Field Ambulance, but his service was interrupted by health issues like influenza and a bowel ulcer. It was chronic cystitis that caused his return to Australia aboard the Karoola and he was discharged medically unfit on January 10th 1918.
