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FINDLAY, Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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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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Service History
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 | |
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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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