Colonel Charles Aloysius Denehy

Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Second Lieutenant, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 15/10/1879
Death Date 22/04/1968
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 57th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 58th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

    Media


    A group of wounded soldiers being taken from Gallipoli to Egypt by ship. Most display some form ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 7th Battalion on the Aegean island of Lemnos. Most of these ...

    Group portrait of the officers of the 58th Australian Infantry Battalion, near Swan Chateau, in ...

    Outdoor group portrait of the officers of the 58th Battalion in the snow at Courset, France. ...

    Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir J J Talbot Hobbs KCB VC, General Officer Commanding (GOC) ...

    Document


    Letter to the widow of Wilfred Griffith Barlow, 1917

    Letter to the widow of Wilfred Griffith Barlow, 1917

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 15/10/1879
Date of enlistment 15/08/1914
Date of embarkation 19/10/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 24/08/1914 Appointed 2nd lieutenant and Commanding Officer of D Company, 7th Battalion.
Date promoted 01/02/1915 Appointed lieutenant.
Other 20/10/1915 Acting Adjutant.
Other units 09/11/1915 Resumes command of D Company.
Date promoted 15/10/1915 Appointed captain.
Date promoted 27/07/1916 Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date promoted 27/08/1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date promoted 16/02/1916 Appointed temporary major.
Date promoted 12/03/1916 Appointed major.
Other units 27/07/1916 Temporary Commanding Officer of 58th Battalion.
Other units 12/03/1916 59th Battalion.
Other units 06/04/1916 57th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 28/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 19/05/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/02/1917
Other units 01/05/1918 Commanding Officer 57th Battalion.
Other units 1918-08-18 - 1918-08-21 5th Division Headquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/10/1918
Other units 08/02/1918 58th Battalion.
Other units 05/02/1918 15th Infantry Brigade HEadquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/10/1918
Date returned to Australia 22/11/1919
Other units 1919-01-28 - 1919-03-04 15th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Other 28/04/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 22/04/1968

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