Second Lieutenant Charles Alfred Birtles

Service number 2117, N75439
Ranks Held Lance Corporal, Private, Second Lieutenant, Sergeant, Lieutenant
Birth Date 1889-06-30
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Beechworth
Death Date 1969-12-13
Death Place Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Final Rank Second Lieutenant
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-14
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
    London Gazette
    18 June 1917 on page 6013 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2632 at position 7
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5421 at position 129
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 9
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant
    London Gazette
    14 January 1918 on page 845 at position 25
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1918 on page 1123 at position 134
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Second Lieutenant
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private

Timeline

Date of birth 30 June 1889
Date of birth 30 June 1889
Date of enlistment 09 April 1915
Date of embarkation 30 September 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 03 March 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 April 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 October 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 15 October 1917
Date returned to Australia 06 May 1919
Date of death 13 December 1969