Charles Frederick Heeps

1879 - 1941  (61 years)

• Name	Charles Frederick Heeps
  Born	16 Nov 1879	Carlton, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	27 May 1915  [1]
  	building trades worker
  Residence	Nov 1935	64 Grafton Street, Woolahra, NSW, Australia
  _UID	8C81FBF3BEE342CEA5E878AACA38D0F522E2
  Died	20 Jun 1941	Randwick, Nsw, Australia
  Buried	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
  Person ID	I5750	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Mcluckie Heeps,   b. 21 May 1850, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Sep 1932, Villiers St, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Julie Jane Richards,   b. 10 Apr 1853, Deptford, Kent, England ,   d. 23 Feb 1882, Carlton, Victoria, Australia  (Age 28 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1873	Weslayan Church, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F1875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frances Jane Sanders,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1903	Victoria, Australia
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F1889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joyce Redfern,   b. 8 Feb 1910, Arncliffe, NSW. Australia ,   d. 1984, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Nsw, Australia  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2007
  Family ID	F1890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He signed up to the AIF on 25 Mar 1915 and was assigned, as Private 1416, to the 19th Battalion. on 16 Aug 1915 he was reassigned to the 3rd Btn. At that time he was already nearly 35 years old. He signed up in Fitzroy, VIC. Embarked at Sydney on 25 Jun 1915, for Alexandria. On 18 Mar 1916 embarked at Alexandria disembarked Marseilles 25 mar 1916 joining the British Expeditionary Force and fought in France until 11 Oct 1917 when he went to Belgium, to "Cookery School". Returned from Belgium and was in France when in 28 May 1918 he was wounded in action when he was gassed. 3rd Jun he was evacuated from France to hospital in England. Serving in various locations in England until he returned to France on 21 Nov 1918 and then back home to Australia. the records do not show when he was discharged. In Nov 1935 he was residing at 64 Grafton Street, Woolahra, NSW, when he requested copies of his discharge papers as he had lost his originals and now needed them for work. The reason his papers were lost was that he had "burnt them with some old papers in the copper".

  
  

• Sources

  [S208] Military - NAA, Australia., ( National Archive Australia . http://www.naa.gov.au.), Military Record; accessed 14 Jul 2010 (Reliability: 3).