Gaffney, Charles William

Western FrontAll Campaigns

20 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Gaffney

NAME

Charles William

PLACE OF BIRTH

Port Douglas

OCCUPATION

Plumber

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Brisbane

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

29/04/1916

NEXT OF KIN

Mr Martin Gaffney (father), New Farm, Brisbane

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Place of birth

REGIMENT 1

52nd Battalion

REGIMENT 2

14th AASC

RANK

Driver

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

30-09-19

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked Brisbane Marathon 27-10-16; France 16-04-17; Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

1916, aged 23. He embarked Brisbane in October 1916 with the 52nd Battalion bound for France. Private Gaffney avoided serious illness or injury through to war's end. For several months at the end of the war he was appointed Driver with the 14th Australian Army Service Corps. He returned to Australia in July 1919 and was discharged in September. A 1934 letter requesting replacement of discharge certificate indicates that he settled in Wondai after the war.

SERVICE NO

2911