KINGSLEY, Claude George
| Service Number: | 799 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Federated Mining Employees Association No. 1 Bendigo Branch Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Bendigo St. John's Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW left hand | |
| 1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot | |
| 25 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Army Postal Corps, London, England | |
| 14 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW right shoulder | |
| 30 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 1 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW right forearm (severe) | |
| 20 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 799, 7th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Claude George Kingsley of Barnard Street, Bendigo enlisted on August 18th, 1914, aged 19 years and 8 months. Claude was wounded by a bullet in his left hand the day after the Galliopli landings, but continued his service despite receiving more injuries during his tour of duty, finally returning, medically unfit, to Australia on November 20th, 1918.
Concerning Gallipoli, Claude wrote in a diary entry, ‘ I was only there for 48 hours, but I saw enough to last me 100 years. You can never thank the lads enough, and no-one can describe what being under fire is like. It is too awful’.
Source: St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo, Vic
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