Charles FINDLAY

FINDLAY, Charles

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Served as Lieutenant in the Militia for four years prior
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1882
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bootmaker
Died: Killed In Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 36 years
Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Picardie
First buried ‘about 1500 yards north of Herleville, registered no. 1635.’ Later reburied at Heath Cemetery Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 12
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Infantry Battalion, Served as Lieutenant in the Militia for four years prior
19 Oct 1914: Involvement 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
3 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, Whilst serving with Machine Gun Section for 8th Battalion
14 May 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Transferred as ‘Machine Gun Officer’
9 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Training Battalion, Seconded from 8th Btn to 2nd Training Btn. Also qualified 2nd Class at the 8th Rifle Course held at the school of musketry [at] Tidworth from 26th February 1917 to 22nd March 1917 and has fair knowledge of the Lewis Gun
4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, GSW Right arm and Face
23 Aug 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-23

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