Topic: AIF - 2B - 5 LHR
5th LHR, AIF
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Charles Bute Massy
Charles Bute Massy
Service number: 402
Rank: Driver [Dvr]
Unit: 5th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 5 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: MASSY, Dvr. Charles Bute, 402. 5th Australian Light Horse. 5th Aug., 1916. Age 25. Son of John Eyre Massy and Annie Christie Massy (nee Hill Scott), of Bowen, Queensland.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Charles Bute Massy from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 402 |
| Place of birth | Bowen, Queensland |
| School | Bowen State School, Queensland |
| Other training | Queensland Agricultural College, QLD |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Stockman |
| Address | Mount View, Bowen, North Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 23 |
| Next of kin | Father, John Eyre Massy, Mount View, Bowen, North Queensland |
| Enlistment date | 29 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Driver |
| Unit name | 5th Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/10/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A44 Vestalia on 19 December 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 5 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Egypt |
| Age at death | 25 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
| Place of burial | No Known Grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Annie MASSY (nee Hill Scott), Bowen, Queensland |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 5th LHR, Roll of Honour, Charles Bute Massy
