Street, Charles James Lee

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M.A. : Sergeant, 1st Battn., A.I.F., France and England. Enlisting 19th March, 1916, at 46, and sailing 9th November as sergeant, reverted to private on crossing to France 2nd February, 1917. Invalided to Norfolk War Hospital 24th March on account of great cold of winter, but rejoined battn. 13th June and fought at Ypres, Menin Road and Polygon Wood till 22nd October, when drafted to A.I.F., P.O., London, for the Christmas mails. Returning to France, 3rd April, 1918, was failed by doctor and put on Orderly Room staff at Havre and later at Littlemoor in England. At the Armistice was extra-regimental sergeant in A.I.F. Education Service at Westham and Sutton Veny, and later on the transport. Recommended for commission in France. Member of Teachers' College.

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1909

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1909
1916

Teacher.First Assistant Teacher at North Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1916
1916

Enlisted 19 Mar 1916
1917

Military service as Sergeant at France --, France ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; AIF Post Office -- London, England 1917
1917

Invalided 24 Mar 1917 at Norfolk War Hospital : Thorpe [ England ]
1919

Military service as Sergeant 1919
1919

Invited by English Board of Education to Lecture in Schools 1919 at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
1920

Headmaster at Broken Hill -- NSW, Australia 1920
1935

Headmaster at Granville -- NSW, Australia 1935
1935

Retired from teaching 1935 at Granville [ NSW Australia ]
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Headmaster at Auburn -- NSW, Australia
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Headmaster at Lilyfield -- NSW, Australia
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Visiting scholar at Ruskin College : University of Oxford [ Oxford England ]
1954

Death in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 10 March 1954

Gender

Male

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