Charles Peter CANAVAN

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CANAVAN, Charles Peter

Service Number:	3169
Enlisted:	12 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Hampton, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3169, 12th Infantry Battalion
16 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3169, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
16 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3169, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Imprisoned Mouquet Farm

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Charles Canavan left from Melbourne with the 12th Battalion in late 1915. During the doubling of the AIF in Egypt during early 1916 he was transferred to the 52nd Battalion. He was involved in the assault on the formidable Mouquet Farm position on 3 September 1916, an action which cost the 52nd Battalion over 150 men killed. He was reported as wounded and missing in action. It was subsequently learned that he had been captured and was being held as a prisoner of war. His wounds were grave, and due to the severity of his wound, after three months he was repatriated to England where his right arm was amputated. He was returned to Australia on 21 July 1917.

His brother, James Reginald Canavan, was an original member of the 13th Battalion AIF and took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915. James was severely wounded a week later, a gunshot in the thigh, and had his leg amputated in Egypt a week later. He was returned to Australia during March 1916.

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