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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Captain Charles Robert Pinney, The Herald 23 June 1917

Pinney C R Pte 550 Charles Robert 4 LHR 30 Draughtsman Single C of E

Address: Moonee Ponds, Hudson St, 17, “Merrimu”

Next of Kin: Pinney, M J, Mrs, “Merrimu”, 17 Hudson St, Moonee Ponds

Enlisted: 24 Sep 1914

Embarked: A18 Wiltshire 19 Oct 1914

Awards: MC

Relatives on Active Service:

Pinney-W-S-Pte-1444 brother POW

Private C. R. Pinney (wounded) is the son of Mrs. Pinney and the late Mr. H. E. Pinney, of Moonee Ponds. He was chief draughtsman in the Lands Department, Port Moresby, New Guinea, prior to coming to Melbourne, where he enlisted with the 1st Light Horse Brigade.

WITH THE COLOURS. (1915, September 23). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved January 15, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74590183

FROM TROOPER TO CAPTAIN
When war broke out Captain Pinney was Chief Government

Surveyor at Port Moresby. He obtained leave of absence, returned
to Victoria, and enlisted as a trooper with the 4th Light Horse
Machine Gun Squadron of the First Division, Australian Imperial
Force. He fought in Gallipoli, and was wounded at Lonesome Pine.

While recovering from his wounds he was promoted 2nd-Lieutenant.
Later he took part in the evacuation. He was made First Lieutenant,
and transferred to the 6th Battalion. Word has just been received

from France that he has been promoted captain.

Captain Pinney is the son of Mrs Pinney and the late Mr H E
Pinney, of "Merrimu," Hudson street, Moonee Ponds and is the
nephew of Mrs G. Grave, 25 Duke street, St. Kilda.

FROM TROOPER TO CAPTAIN (1917, June 23). The Herald

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242684329

One Thousand Days with the AIF

Officers of the 6th Battalion, Baizieux, Somme, 23 July 1917. Captain Charles Robert Pinney

is in the middle row, second from the left. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P07586.004

6 Inf Battalion officers taken at Locre in the Ypres area, 20 February 1918.

Captain C R Pinney, MC, is seated in the front row, fourth from the left. Australian

War Memorial Collection. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E01813

MARRIAGES.

PINNEY - MURRAY. - On the 30th January, at Kensington, England, Captain C. R. Pinney, M.C., 6th Battalion, A.I.F., second son of the late H. E. and Mrs. Pinney, of 15 Hudson street, Moonee Ponds, to Mary Desmond Murray, only daughter of the Governor of Papua and Mrs. Murray, 28 Pembridge Square. (By cable.)

Family Notices. (1918, April 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1652627