Charles Aloysius DENEHY DSO & Bar, MID (3), CdG (Belgium)

DENEHY, Charles Aloysius

Service Numbers: Officer, V375026
Enlisted: 15 August 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
Born: Carlton, Victoria, 15 October 1879
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, University of Melbourne
Occupation: Teacher
Died: Kyneton, Victoria, 22 April 1968, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Charles Aloysius Denehy (1879-1968), was the son of Irish-born Daniel Francis Denehy, a journalist, and his wife Maria Teresa, née Cleary.

He enlisted in the AIF on 15 August 1914 and was commissioned second lieutenant in the 7th Battalion and took part in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.

For further details please click on the Australian Dictionary of Biography link to the left.

Honours and Awards

DSO and Bar to DSO

Mentioned in Despatched - 3 times

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)

Honours and Awards Recommended NOT awarded

Italian Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Service Medals

1914/15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

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