Colonel Charles Aloysius Denehy

Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Second Lieutenant, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1879-10-15
Death Date 1968-04-22
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 57th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 58th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-11-08
Published in London Gazette in 1919-10-04
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-18
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1919-04-05
Published in London Gazette in 1919-03-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-07-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-01-29

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

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    18 July 1917 on page 7214 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    08 November 1917 on page 2938 at position 6

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    05 April 1919 on page 4525 at position 15
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 July 1919 on page 1170 at position 36

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    04 October 1919 on page 12218 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 June 1919 on page 1010 at position 7

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Second Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13565 at position 137
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 67

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    7th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8830 at position 18
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1657 at position 51

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 256 at position 47
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1393 at position 109

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    57th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    58th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

Timeline

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

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