LAVERTY, Charles
| Service Number: | 14483 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC) |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, December 1888 |
| Home Town: | West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-94. 68. |
| Memorials: |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 9th July 1969, Sapper Charles Laverty (M.I.D.), 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (Reg No-14483), clerk from Wilson Street, West Wallsend, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 79. CATHOLIC 3-94. 68.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the ? ? 1889 to John, died 24.2.1945, West Wallsend, N.S.W., age 81, and Anne (Annie) Laverty nee Gallagher, died 19.5.1941, West Wallsend, N.S.W., age 75; husband of Ella Louisa Laverty nee Noble, married 1920, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 11.3.1962, Belmont, N.S.W., age 69, sleeping at METHODIST 4-13. 15.
Charles enlisted on the 22nd March 1916 with the 1st Australian and New Zealand Signal Squadron at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Malwa on the 25th July 1916.
Proceeded on leave to India (1 month) 23.4.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 22.3.1919.
Charles arrived home on the 19th April 1919, being discharged on the 31st May 1919.
Mentioned in Despatches, 21st February 1919.
Mr. Laverty’s name has been inscribed on the West Wallsend and District Soldiers' Memorial, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial and the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at Charles’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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