CARVOSSO, Charles Arthur
| Service Number: | 2596 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 20 June 1880 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Accidental (struck by a train), Ballarat, Victoria , 2 September 1940, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Lawn G 42 Row 20 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Avenue of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2596, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2596, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2596, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Wounded 2596, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW (left arm/abdomen) | |
| 13 Sep 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2596, 21st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gail Stapleton
Charles was the son of Margaret Pearce and Thomas Carvosso, and was the husband of Annie Louisa Lister. Annie was born at Ballarat in 1880 and died there on 05 Jun 1965
Charles and Annie were the parents of Mercia Beryl Pratt and Kenneth Victor Carvosso
Ballarat Avenue of Honour Tree Number 3364 - Planted by Miss L Martin
Charles was killed when crossing train tracks on his bike, and got collected by the locomotive's cow catcher and flung against a fence.
"RUN DOWN BY TRAIN. Railway Worker Killed
BALLARAT, Monday.— Fatal injuries were received by Charles Carvosso, 60 years, married, of Raglan-street, when he was struck by the 5 p.m. west-bound train at Ballarat North this evening. Carvosso, who was employed at the Ballarat North railway workshops, was crossing the railway track by a path which employes are accustomed to use, and apparently failed to observe the on-coming train, the engine of which struck him. He suffered head injuries and shock, and was admitted to the Base Hospital, where he died shortly afterwards." - from the Melbourne Age 03 Sep 1940 (nla.gov.au)
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