Charles Curnow Ladner (SN 5131) was born in Ballarat and attended the Humffray Street State School. He enlisted in Ballarat on June 8th 1915. He was 40 years old, married to Emily, and working as a brick maker. He was allocated to the 23rd Infantry Battalion and embarked from Melbourne on July 19th 1916 on board the Armidale, oblivious to the tragedy that was unfolding that day at Fromelles in France. He was wounded in action in front of the trenches bu,t before he could be rescued, the Germans conducted a raid and took him captive. He died of wounds while a prisoner of war on March 20th 1917, and is buried, in Sauchy-Lestree Communal Cemetery, France.