HEY, Charles Leslie Tasman
| Service Number: | 2369 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 10 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Devonport State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Baptist Church Honour Roll, Devonport Cenotaph, Leongatha Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2369, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2369, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2369, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 16 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Lesley Tasman Hey was one of four brothers who enlisted in the AIF during WW1. They were the sons of George and Ann Hey of Devonport, Tasmania. Charles was living in Victoria when he enlisted and served the 24th Battalion. He took part in a big raid in the very early days of 1916 on the Western Front on the night of 29 June 1916 and was evacuated to England once with frostbitten feet in 1917. Charlie was stated to have been “blown to pieces” by a shell whilst in the support lines at Broodseinde Ridge in Belgium.
His brother, 7016 Private Ernest Victor Hey was also killed, four days previously, on 4 October 1917, aged 29. Both men are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. A third brother, 451 Private George Herbert Hey, 12th Battalion, survived the war, having being thrice wounded at the Gallipoli Landing, the Battle of Lone Pine and the Pozieres. He was returned to Australia during 1917 with a bullet lodged in his chest close to his heart. A fourth brother, 3264 Private Clarence Devonport Hey, 40th Battalion, enlisted in 1916 aged 26 and returned to Australia in 1919.
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