FLOYD, Charles
| Service Number: | 5018 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1917, Enlisted at Toowoomba |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queenland, Australia, 8 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Clifton, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Nudgee, Queenland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 27 March 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5018, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 5018, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 5018, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 5 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 31st Battalion to the 52nd Battalion in the field | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 5018, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5018 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Clifton Floyd and Mary Floyd; brother of Roy Floyd of Bundaberg, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Floyd was the son of Charles Clifton Floyd and Mary Floyd.
Charles Floyd’s parents had both passed away by 1904 when he was less than six years of age. On his application to enlist he said he was a ‘state’ child. He gave his nearest of kin as his younger brother, Roy Floyd of Bundaberg, Queensland. Roy was only 17 years old at the time.
His older brother, 4013 Pte. Cecil Francis Floyd 31st Battalion AIF was killed at Polygon Wood, Belgium 26 September 1917, aged 20.
When Charles enlisted in 1917, he was only 19 years of age. He left Australia with the 31st Battalion and shortly after he arrived in England, he went absent without leave for three weeks at Hurdcott. He was court martialed on 11 December 1917 and sentenced to 40 days detention.
Charles was released and joined the 52nd Battalion in France on 5 February 1918. He was only at the front for about seven weeks before he was killed in action. He has no known grave.
His brother Roy was left all his effects and his medals went to his oldest brother Cornelius.
The oldest brother, 1676 Pte. Cornelius Alexander Floyd 25th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia with severe wounds to his left arm in July 1917.
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