DELANEY, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 2058 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1916, 4.5 years Irish Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1884 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mayfield and Tighes Hill Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shunter |
| Died: | Wounds, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Steenwerck, France, 1 June 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2058, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2058, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2058, 34th Infantry Battalion, 4.5 years Irish Rifles | |
| 8 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, On the night of 16th/19th May, 1917, during a heavy bombardment and a hostile raid on LE TOUQUET Sector, this man showed great gallantry and devotion to duty. He was of considerable assistance to his Officer in organising the men. Under heavy shell fire he went three times back to Company Headquarters conveying information, and returning with orders to the front line. On his return journeys he also carried water to the men in the firing line. By his devotion to duty the Company Commander was kept in touch with what was happening, while the men were inspired by his thought in bringing up water. His courage and initiative has had an excellent effect on his comrades. |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a brave Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 1st June 1917, Private Charles Henry Delaney (M.M.), referred to as Masser, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2058), shunter (B.H.P. steelworks), from 16 Greaves Street, Mayfield East, New South Wales, father of three (Kathleen Agnes, Edith May, Annie), Died of Wounds at the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (wounded by enemy artillery shell burst when billeted in an old farm house at Le Togue Berthe Farm to the right of Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium), age 32.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 22nd October 1884 to William (died 13.9.1914, Waratah, N.S.W., age 73) from Peter Street, North Waratah, N.S.W., and Catherine Agnes Delaney nee Greenwood (died 17.5.1915, Waratah, N.S.W., age 69) from Peter Street, North Waratah, N.S.W.; husband of Eva Jane Delaney nee Ross (married 1909, Waratah, N.S.W., remarried 1920 Wickham, N.S.W. to Frank Kunre, died 1969 at Parramatta, N.S.W.), Masser enlisted on the 22nd April 1916 at Waratah, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th August 1916.
Wounded in action - 1.6.1917 (shell wounds to abdomen & right arm). DIED OF WOUNDS, Private Charles Henry Delaney (North Waratah), 1/6/1917.
Awarded Military Medal 8.6.1917.
'On the night of 18th/19th May 1917, during a heavy bombardment and a hostile raid on LE TOUQUET Sector, this man showed great gallantry and devotion to duty. He was of considerable assistance to his Officer in organising the men. Under heavy shell fire he went three times back to Company Headquarters conveying information, and returning with orders to the front line. On his return journeys he also carried water to the men in the firing line. By his devotion to duty the Company Commander was kept in touch with what was happening, while the men were inspired by his thought in bringing up water. His courage and initiative has had an excellent effect on his comrades.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189.
Date: 8th November 1917.
Recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal (work on the 18th &19th May 1917 near Armentieres, recommendation dates 19th May 1917 and 22nd May 1917.
Charles is resting at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France. Plot I Row L Grave 14.
Place of Association - Waratah, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Delaney’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Delaney gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son Charles for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-B Com. 193.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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