Captain Charles Robert Duke

Service number	963
Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Private, Temporary Captain
Birth Date	1888-12-21
Birth Place	New Zealand: South Island, Otago, Dunedin
Death Date	1970-05-17
Final Rank	Captain
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	5th Australian Pioneer Battalion 4th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Dunedin
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03 Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15

Collection items

Date of birth	21 December 1888
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	02 September 1914	Enlisted as 963, Private Charles Duke in 4th Battalion.
Date of enlistment	02 September 1914
Date of embarkation	20 October 1914
Other	25 April 1915	Took part in Gallipoli landings.
Date wounded	26 April 1915	Injured in the foot.
Other	17 May 1915	Returned to Gallipoli.
Date wounded	28 May 1915	Wounded in the face. On the second day of the battle of Lone Pine he was wounded by bullet splinters that struck him in the face and another bullet grazed his skull.
Other	02 August 1915	Returned to Gallipoli.
Date of recommendation honour or award	31 August 1915
Date commissioned	22 March 1916	Appointed temporary lieutenant in the 5th Pioneer Battalion.
Date promoted	06 July 1916	Promoted to lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award	12 October 1916
Date of honour or award	04 January 1917	Mention in Dispatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award	08 December 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	31 January 1919
Date promoted	22 February 1919	Promoted to temporary captain.
Date of honour or award	03 June 1919	Awarded the Military Cross.
Date returned to Australia	18 July 1919
Date returned to Australia	18 July 1919
Other	07 November 1919	Appointment terminated and placed on the reserve of officers.
Date of death	17 May 1970