WINGROVE, Charles Melbourne
| Service Numbers: | 259, 225 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Great Western War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Wagga Wagga Experiment Farm Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 259, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 225, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 225, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 225, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 225 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
CHARLES MELBOURNE WINGROVE who was killed in action at Anzac on 7th August 1915 was the son of Mr. Charles Wingrove. He was born in 1894, and entered the Preparatory School in 1904, and came up to the Senior School in 1907. After passing the Junior Public Examination in 1911 he left School and went for a year to the Government Experimental Farm at Wagga (N.S.W.), to obtain technical farming knowledge. At the end of the year he passed in thirteen subjects, with an average of 70 per cent, of marks.
When the war broke out he was gaining sheep experience at Allanvale Station, near Stawell. He enlisted with the 8th Light Horse
and took part in the wonderful charge on 7th August. When they were told what they had to do they all realised that few of them would get back. They left their private belongings in the trenches and shook hands with each other and then went out, not a flincher amongst them. Nothing more self-sacrificing has been done in
the war. A few got back wounded, but C. M. Wingrove was not among them.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Melbourne WINGROVE was born in Melbourne in 1893
His parents were Charles WINGROVE & Laura Sarah DODERY who married on 4th June, 1890 in Tasmania
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