Charles Claude TEASDALE

TEASDALE, Charles Claude

    Service Number: 3955
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Golden Square State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Student
    Died: Killed In Action, Belgium, 3 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 7), Belgium
    Memorials: Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Golden Square District
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    23 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. on HMAT A40 Ceramic
    23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3955, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    11 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, France
    14 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3955, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    25 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, England
    22 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, France
    15 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt
    11 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
    3 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Charles Claude Teasdale enlisted as a Private (aged 18 yrs and 11 months) in July 1915 and served on the Somme in 1916.

    He was sent to England for officer training and was duly promoted to 2nd Lt in England, and then Lt during Third Ypres.

    He was killed in action 3 October 1917 on the eve of the attack on Broodeinde Ridge, aged just 20 yrs and 9 months.

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Charles and Mary Moyle Teasdale, of Elwood St., Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Native of Sydney, New South Wales.

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