Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR
9th LHR, AIF
9th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Charles Baxter Powell
Charles Baxter Powell
Service number: 830
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 9th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: POWELL, Tpr. Charles Baxter, 830. 9th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 43. Son of Charles Bendin Powell and Mary Annie Powell, of 57, Cheltenham St., Malvern, South Australia. B. 88.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Charles Baxter Powell from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 830 |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Grazier |
| Address | Narrung, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 39 |
| Next of kin | Charles Bendon Powell, Cheltenham Street, Malvern, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | 20 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
| Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 13 April 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 43 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 88), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 7 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Mary POWELL, 57 Cheltenham Street, Malvern, South Australia |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 9th LHR, Roll of Honour, Charles Baxter Powell
