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MARVELL, Charles Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1893 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, France, 23 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 13, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Albert Park Methodist Church WW1 HR, Launceston Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1893, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1893, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1893, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charlie Marvell, was with a working party on Messines Ridge when he was killed instantly by a “whizz bang” shell. His mates said they collected the remains in a blanket and took them down in a stretcher to Hyde Park Corner and buried him. Today Charlie Marvell’s headstone is in the Strand Military Cemetery at Ploegsteert. He was 19 years of age.
He had enlisted with his brother William Marvell in the 40th Tasmanian Battalion. William was killed in action 2 weeks beforehand, on 7 June 1917 but was still listed as missing in action at the time of Charlie's death.
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