Charles Rothwell

Charles George Rothwell ( – 28 January 1917) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League for Western Suburbs. Rothwell appeared for Western Suburbs between 1912 and 1914, playing 7 times, scoring 3 tries, and gaining 9 points. Wounded twice within the year, Rothwell was promoted to corporal on 13 October 1916, attaining the rank of sergeant within a month and a half. Rothwell was accidentally wounded whilst practicing with grenades on 27 January 1917 and was evacuated to the 45th Casualty Clearing Station in Dernancourt, where he died of wounds the following day. Rothwell was buried at the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.

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