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CAVAYE, Charles Reginald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 9613 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 3 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gympie National School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 December 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried but grave destroyed in following battle, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, Dalby War Memorial, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9613, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 9613, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 9613, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Field Artillery Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 9613, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9613 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-12-23 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he was employed by the Wombo Shire Council, QLD
Son of James McLelland Cavaye and Elizabeth Louisa Cavaye nee Winchester of Augustus Street, Toowong, QLD formerly of Gympie, QLD. Brother of James Winchester Cavaye, Ada Louisa Cavaye, Stuart Cavaye, William Henry Cavaye and Evelyn Winchester Cavaye
Next of kin given as his brother Robert B. Cavaye of Kingaroy, QLD later change to his father
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal