Charles FINDLAY

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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, France First buried ‘about 1500 yards north of Herleville, registered no. 1635.’ Later reburied at Heath Cemetery Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 12
Memorials:	Ballarat Knox Church Great War Roll of Honour

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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