KROSCHEL, Charles Frederick William
| Service Number: | 725 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | North Midlands District Hospital, Three Springs, WA, October 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican ZG - Expired |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Sergeant, 725, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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Vale Charlie Kroschel
BOER WAR VETERAN
The death occurred in the North Midlands District Hospital at Three Springs on Friday of last week of a well-known identity of Carnamah in the person of Mr. Charles Frederick William Kroschel, who was a veteran of the Boer War and for many years an officer of the Western Australian Police Force. The deceased gentleman, who was eighty years of age, had for some time past been in failing health and was only a hospital patient for a week when death intervened. Of a jovial disposition, he was for a period of eleven years a resident of Carnamah after retirement as a police officer, but with his wife he then transferred to Perth, and it was only quite recently that he returned to Carnamah to reside with his son-in-law and daughter (Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Wells), his wife having predeceased him about nine years ago.
The late Mr. Kroschel was born in Victoria and enlisted for service in the Boer War from Warragul. On returning to Australia he joined the Western Australian Police Force and as a custodian of the law he was for varying periods stationed in Perth and at Northam and Three Springs, and whilst in the city he was a playing member of the Police Band.
During his earlier years of retirement he was a member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the R.S.L., in which organisation he displayed an active membership and formed many firm friendships. The deceased gentleman is survived by one daughter in Mrs. E. K. Wells, of Carnamah, and also a sister and brother, both of whom are octogenarians residing in New Zealand.
The funeral took place in the Anglican Cemetery at Karrakatta on Monday morning last and was attended by quite a number of old friends and representatives of the Western Australian Police Force.