WINDEYER, Charles Robert
| Service Numbers: | 363, R363 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31 |
| Memorials: | Killara Golf Club WWI Honour Roll, Raymond Terrace War Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 363, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 363, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 363, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 3 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, R363, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, R363, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2nd Lieutenant Charles Robert Windeyer, 49th Battalion. Formerly a school teacher, Charles Windeyer enlisted as a Private (number 363) on 24 September 1914 and he embarked from Sydney, NSW, with C Squadron, 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT Suevic (A29) on 21 December 1914. He returned sick to Australia in 1915 and after his recovery he re embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 3 February 1916, for duty in Egypt. He later served with the 49th Battalion in France and Belgium on the Western Front where he was commissioned in August 1917. 2nd Lt Windeyer was killed in action at Passchendaele during the third battle of Ypres on 12 October 1917. He was aged 21." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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