Captain Charles Robert Duke

Service number	963
Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Private, Temporary Captain
Birth Date	21/12/1888
Birth Place	New Zealand: South Island, Otago, Dunedin
Death Date	17/05/1970
Final Rank	Captain
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	4th Australian Infantry Battalion 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion
Place	Dunedin
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

Date of birth	21/12/1888
Date of embarkation	20/10/1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	02/09/1914	Enlisted as 963, Private Charles Duke in 4th Battalion.
Date of enlistment	02/09/1914
Date of recommendation honour or award	31/08/1915
Date wounded	28/05/1915	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.
Date wounded	26/04/1915	Injured in the foot.
Other	25/04/1915	Took part in Gallipoli landings.
Other	17/05/1915	Returned to Gallipoli.
Other	02/08/1915	Returned to Gallipoli.
Date of recommendation honour or award	12/10/1916
Date promoted	06/07/1916	Promoted to lieutenant.
Date commissioned	22/03/1916	Appointed temporary lieutenant in the 5th Pioneer Battalion.
Date of honour or award	04/01/1917	Mention in Dispatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award	08/12/1917
Other	07/11/1919	Appointment terminated and placed on the reserve of officers.
Date of honour or award	03/06/1919	Awarded the Military Cross.
Date promoted	22/02/1919	Promoted to temporary captain.
Date returned to Australia	18/07/1919
Date returned to Australia	18/07/1919
Date of recommendation honour or award	31/01/1919
Date of death	17/05/1970