Charles Andrew Peace

  General Notes:

Died at his son’s home, 204 Roberts Street, Kingsville.

WW1 Embarkation Record
Peace, Charles Andrew
Service Number: 25832
Rank/Calling: Driver
Unit: 4 FAB [Field Artillery Brigade] - 6 to 13 Reinforcements (May-December 1916)
Ship Name: HMAT Orsova
Ship Number: A67
Date of Embarkation: 1/08/1916
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne

Charles Andrew Peace enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 28/1/1916. The medical record dated 27/1/1916 describes Charles as being age, 23 years and 9 months, height - 5 feet 4 and a half inches, weight - 120 lbs, chest measurement - 30 and a half inches/35 inches, complexion - fresh, eyes - blue, hair - grey, religious denomination - Presbyterian. He had 3 vacs on his left arm and 3 moles left of neck.
Charles fought in France as a driver. The military duty was interspersed with stays in England. He embarked to Australia on the 5/6/1919 on the “Mahia” and was discharged on 31/8/1919.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Cremation, 1 Jun 1961, Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Australia.

• Occupation: Farmer.

Charles married Margaret Lillian (Lillie) Comben, daughter of Thomas Henry Comben and Elizabeth Ann Mitchell, in 1919 in Yarraville, Victoria Australia. (Margaret Lillian (Lillie) Comben was born on 1 Jan 1887 in West Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and died on 15 Oct 1925 in Clifton Hill, Victoria Australia.)