Charles CARTHEW

CARTHEW, Charles

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Happy Valley, nr Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia, 5 March 1882
Home Town: Ovens, Alpine, Victoria
Schooling: Woodaja State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer / Grazier
Died: Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Myrtleford War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1915: Involvement 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915: Embarked 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
7 Aug 1915: Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of late Thomas H and margaret CARTHEW, Ovens Vale, Myrtleford, Vic.

Lieut Carthew fell in the heroic charge of the 8th Light Horse, Aug. 7, 1915. The Brig. Gen wrote: "A splendid fellow in every way, who gained the esteem and admiration of all." O.C. Sq.: "He was beloved  by the whole regiment, to which he is a distinct loss; a fine leader; his men declared they would follow him wherever he led."