RILEY, Charles Lawrence
| Service Numbers: | 3/50000, 350000, VX20306 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Major General |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Preston, Lancashire, England, 10 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Hale School, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Church of England Clerk in Holy Orders |
| Died: | Perth Western Australia , 1 April 1971, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section EA Gravesite 0046B |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Colonel, 3/50000, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company | |
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| 24 Jun 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Lydelton embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, SS Port Lydelton, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Apr 1940: | Enlisted VX20306, Australian Army Chaplains' Department | |
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| 4 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major General, 350000 | |
| 16 Apr 1942: | Honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire | |
| 1 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
CHAPLAIN IN TWO WARS.
Rt. Rev. C. L. Riley's Career.
The Bishop of Bendigo (the Rt. Rev.C. L, Riley), who has been appointed Deputy-Assistant Chaplain-General, is a son of the late Archbishop Riley, who was Chaplain-General of the Australian Forces in the last war. He himself was a chaplain to the Australian Light Horse in Palestine for a year and a half. The Rt. Rev. C. L. Riley took holy orders in 1912 after studying at Caius College, Cambridge, and he served the church in this State from 1914 until his appointment as Bishop of Bendigo in May, 1938. At that time he was Archdeacon of Northam. He has to his credit more than 20 years of service with the military forces of the Empire, and when he became Bishop of Bendigo he was senior Anglican chaplain to the military forces in this State. He has been decorated with the Colonial Auxiliary Force officers' decoration and long service medal. He was senior vice-president of the Returned Soldiers' League in this State for over 10 years, and for many years took a prominent part in the Anzac Day commemoration services.
The West Australian Saturday 06 April 1940 page 1940
Biography contributed by Graham Padget
The Right Rev Charles Lawrence ‘Tom’ Riley was the son of Archbishop C O L Riley. Tom arrived in WA with the family in 1895. He took Holy Orders in 1912 at Caius College Cambridge and his additional university qualifications were MA and LLB (Cantab) and later DTheol from the Australian College of Theology.
He was a Junior chaplain in Palestine for a year and a half during the First World War at the time when his father was Chaplain General.
On his return to Perth he served in several parish positions in Western Australia, including North Perth.
For the early years of World War Two (1940 to 1941), he was a senior chaplain and then became the Chaplain General of the AIF from 1942 until 1957.
Charles Lawrence Riley was awarded OBE (1920) and CBE (1942)
Courtesy extract from (https://www.web.uwa.edu.au/uwahs/uwa-ww2/stories/charles-riley)
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