FINDLEY, Charles Etherington
| Service Number: | 1038 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Albert Park, SA |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Littlehampton, Near Chichester, Sussex, England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 11, Row E, Grave 9, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1038, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Albert Park, SA | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 1038, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 1038, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Gunner 1038, 2nd Brigade, Australia Field Artillery.
Births Jun 1881 FINDLEY Charles Etherington E. Preston 2b 390
Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Enlistment date 20 August 1914.
Formerly a resident of 35 High Street, Littlehampton.
Address in Australia
House Boat, Queens Wharf, Melbourne, Victoria
Age at embarkation 33.
Unit name Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/30/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914
Died of wounds, received at Gaba Tepe, Dardanelles.
He left a widow, Amelia Hilda Findley of Silver Street, Eltham and two sons, James Roy Findley and Donald Marteen Findley, both of Castlemaine.
Amelia re-married and became Mrs Jeffs of Kensington.
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