Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Marvell, Charles Roy

Born 11^th May 1898 Launceston Tasmania to George Henry and Elizabeth Ann Marvell (nee Ayres) he embarked Hobart 8^th August 1916 on “HMAT Ballarat” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

“A shell caught Marvell on 22^nd June 1917 and killed him outright on Messines Road. He was picked up and buried.” (Beech G 1105) He is commemorated in the Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Mrs Marvell of 20 Mayne Street Invermay has received from Sergeant C G Warburton of the company of which the lad had been associated a letter written on behalf of the boys expressing deepest sympathy with her in the loss of her son Charles who, while serving with the Tasmanian Battalion in France on June 22 was killed in action in France. The young soldier, the letter states, was liked by all in the Battalion who knew him and Sergeant Warburton could not speak too highly of the good work he had done. He was always ready for duty and would execute his tasks with the greatest of skill and ability. Memories of him would never fade. He died a few seconds after he was hit. The lad was carried from the battlefield and decently buried by his companions and a New Zealand Church of England chaplain. Mrs Marvell’s other son William who had been wounded was another of Sergeant Warburton’s section and was, he understood, getting on well.

The Weekly Courier 20^th September 1917

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