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Charles Ernest Victor Harrington
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BiographyCharles Harrington enlisted on 5 May 1916 and was sent to Victoria for training. He died fighting in the small French town of Treux, which was part of the Battle of the Somme. The unit war diary states that four men of the battalion were killed by German shellfire including Charles Harrington.
He was a member of a local cadet corp.
The Harrington family were among the few from Australia who traveled to the battlefields of the Western Front in the early 1920's.
Age20Date of Death5 April 1918Civil employmentSalesmanEducatedBarker CollegeRelationshipsSon of John and Lydia Harrington, Bangalla Street, Turramurra, NSW
He was a member of a local cadet corp.
The Harrington family were among the few from Australia who traveled to the battlefields of the Western Front in the early 1920's.
Age20Date of Death5 April 1918Civil employmentSalesmanEducatedBarker CollegeRelationshipsSon of John and Lydia Harrington, Bangalla Street, Turramurra, NSWService Information
Service number5516RankPrivateRegiment3rd Australian Machine Gun BattalionPlace of enlistment Marrickville, SydneyPlace of embarkmentMelbourneDate of embarkment20 October 1916Place of deathTreux, FranceBattleBattle of the Somme SommeMemorial or CemeteryRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, FranceMemorial/Cemetery Barker CollegeMemorial NotesThe Barker College First World War memorial is six bronze panels on two brick pylons which list the names of former students who served and died in the First World War. The pylons sit on either side of steps from the playground below the Head of School's office.
Charles Harrington is also memorialised at the Turramurra Memorial Park.KeywordsBarker CollegeFirst World WarWW1
RankPrivateRegiment3rd Australian Machine Gun BattalionPlace of enlistment Marrickville, SydneyPlace of embarkmentMelbourneDate of embarkment20 October 1916Place of deathTreux, FranceBattleBattle of the Somme SommeMemorial or CemeteryRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, FranceMemorial/Cemetery Barker CollegeMemorial NotesThe Barker College First World War memorial is six bronze panels on two brick pylons which list the names of former students who served and died in the First World War. The pylons sit on either side of steps from the playground below the Head of School's office.Charles Harrington is also memorialised at the Turramurra Memorial Park.
KeywordsBarker CollegeFirst World WarWW1Charles Ernest Victor Harrington. Hornsby Shire, accessed 09/06/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/5210