Military History

Prockter was promoted to L/Cpl. 1.10.1914 before embarkation.
Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Ascanius’ A11 for Egypt 2.11.1914.
Roll Rank Lance Corporal.
Roll Unit 11th Infantry Battalion, ‘B’ Company.
Prockter disembarked with the 11th Bn. at Suez. The Bn. was transferred to Base Details at Mena. Prockter contracted measles and was placed in an isolation at the Convalescent Camp, Mena 18.4.1915. Prockter was promoted to Cpl. 26.5.1915. The Bn. proceeded to Alexandria and embarked with the MEF for Gallipoli. They were taken on strength  with the 11th Bn. 7.5.1915. The 11th Bn. participated in the dawn landing at Ari Burnu point and Plugge's Plateau on 25.4.1915. Procter was reported KIA 6.8.1915 at the beginning of the August Offensive. The 11th Bn. was defending Leanne’s Trench in the Battle of Lone Pine 6.8.1915. Forty men from the 11th Bn. were killed on this day in Leanne’s Trench (ANZAC site). His death was reported in 68th Casualty List (Advertiser SA 24.8.1915). He was buried at Shell Green Cemetery, Plot 2, Row H, Grave 5, Gallipoli Peninsula, Cannakkale Province, Turkey.
Final Rank 2nd. Lieut., 11th Infantry Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Mentioned in Dispatches and Recommendations (28.1.1916)

On the morning of the 6th August led counter attacks against that portion of Leanne’s Trench that the enemy had capture. These attacks had to be launched and led across the open under heavy shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire at close range. The first led by Lieut. Procter (sic) got to the trench but failed to protect it, all but three o four men were killed or wounded…… the dash and gallant leading of these two officers was most remarkable and resulted in the retention of the work and complete discomfiture of the enemy.
(AWM Honours and Awards)
Notes A detailed description of the aasualt isgiven in the Western Mail 24.2.1938 p7
Photos Sun Kalgoorlie 5.12.1915 p6
             Western Mail 10.12.1915 p25
             HMAT 'Ascanius' 1914. Photographer E.L. Mitchell, photograph source AWM H16157
             Landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25.4.1915. Photographer A. Joyner, photograph source AWM P00035.001
             Shell Green Cemetery 1915. Photograph donor Mr.H.H. Shelley, photograph source AWM J06246

Information Source
Advertiser SA
AWM H16157. HMAT 'Ascanius' 1914. Photographer E.L. Mitchell, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P00035.001. Landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25.4.1915. Photographer A. Joyner, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM J06246. Shell Green Cemetery 1915. Photograph donor Mr.H.H. Shelley, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll -Charlton Hogarth Prockter
AWM Honours and Awards-Charlton Hogarth Prockter

Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Prockter, Charlton Hogarth
Sun Kalgoorlie

Western Mail


http://www.Anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/graves/g_shellgreen.html

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