Lieutenant Charles Zeck
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1943 South West Pacific
- Service number
- WX12545
- Unit
- 2/43 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- New Guinea
- Date of death
- 3 October 1943
- Age
- 38
- Plaque number
- L412
- Dedicated by
- His family on 5 December 1948
- More information
Lieutenant Charles Zeck WX12545 (1905-1943, born Kalgoorlie, Western Australia) enlisted in the Australian Military Forces at Claremont, Western Australia, on 9 May 1941 and was trained at Northam, Western Australia. On 29 September 1941, he was commissioned and assigned to 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion reinforcements. He was sent to the Middle East in September 1941 and was transferred to 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion on 27 July 1942. He returned to Australia in March 1943 and was sent to Milne Bay, Papua, in August 1943. On 3 October 1943, he was killed in action during the Battle of Finschhafen (22 September 1943-8 December 1943).
Lieutenant Zeck’s official memorial is his grave in the Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea, where his headstone is inscribed with “He died for us”. His Roll of Honour is Perth, Western Australia.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his family on 5 December 1948. He is the son of Charles Zeck (1974-1942) and Eliza Agatha Zeck (nee Ruegg) (1879-1969) of Mount Lawley, Western Australia and husband of Phyllis Dorothy Zeck (nee Stuart-Smith, later Ramsay (remarried)) (1909-1988).
Lieutenant Zeck is remembered with honour.