Charles Wilfred ROUTLEY

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ROUTLEY, Charles Wilfred

Service Number:	183
Enlisted:	12 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wokurna, South Australia, 18 February 1892
Home Town:	Port Broughton, Barunga West, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Broughton
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Whyalla, South Australia, 10 April 1958, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Port Broughton Cemetery
Memorials:	Port Broughton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 183, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 183, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
8 Feb 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 183, 9th Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Pt Broughton, SA

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Biography

Born: 18 February 1892 in Wokurna, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 497 Page: 281 District: Dal.)

Father Charles George ROUTLEY and Mother Mary Anne (nee MYERS).

Next of kin in service:
2421    Alfred Henry ROUTLEY
            23/6/1915    enlisted in Adelaide, SA
            13/10/1915 embarked on board HMAT A32 Themistocles, Corporal 27th Battalion
            3/3/1917      killed in action
            buried in:     Warlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 32), France

11105   George Horace ROUTLEY
7/3/1916 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
9/6/1916     embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board HMAT Afric A19
as a Driver with Australian Army Service Corps
            7/7/1919 returned to Australia

Described on enlisting as 22 years 7 months old; single; 5' 6" tall; 126 lbs;
dark complexion; grey eyes; dark brown hair; Methodist

12/9/1914 Enlisted in Morphettville, South Australia

12/2/1915 Embarked from Port Melbourne, on board HMAT Armadale A26
as a Private in 3rd LIght Horse Brigade, 9th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron

15/5/1915 proceeded overseas to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, Gallipoli
21/5/1915 disembarked at Gallipoli

30/7/1915 gun shot wound to left thigh, admitted to No.2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezira

28/12/1915 discharged to duty

4/8/1916 temporary transferred on Command to Kit Stores, Ghizerak

21/11/1916 Shell shock and deafness, embarked on board HT Ayrshire
for return to Australia

8/2/1917 discharged from service in AIF

Medals:
1914-15 Star (6305); British War medal (2411); Victory medal (2384)

1967 Eldest son Russell Charles Routley applied to AIF for Gallipoli Medallion

Thank you to Colin Routley for his family details.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 24/4/2015. Lest we forget.

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