Charles RAWSON, 18901957 (aged 67 years)

Birth 1890 25 23
Occupation
Carpenter with the RAAF

Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge RAWSON
May 6, 1890 (aged 0)
Burial of a paternal grandfatherGeorge RAWSON
May 8, 1890 (aged 0)
Birth of a brotherRichard RAWSON
October 10, 1891 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sisterLillian RAWSON
1894 (aged 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary RAWSON
1897 (aged 7 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert RAWSON
1898 (aged 8 years)
Death of a brotherRobert RAWSON
1898 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a sisterAnnie RAWSON
1901 (aged 11 years)
Birth of a sisterAnnie RAWSON
1901 (aged 11 years)

Birth of a brotherHenry RAWSON
1907 (aged 17 years)
MarriageEllen Clemence GRESSELEView this family
April 8, 1913 (aged 23 years)
Birth of a sonRoy RAWSON
November 19, 1913 (aged 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary HERCLIFF
1914 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a daughterMary Valda RAWSON
May 26, 1920 (aged 30 years)
Death of a fatherRichard RAWSON
February 26, 1932 (aged 42 years)

11 Dudley Street was the family residence at the time.

Death of a motherMary Ann BARRETT
November 17, 1933 (aged 43 years)
Marriage of a childDonald McORISTMary Valda RAWSONView this family
1942 (aged 52 years)

Death of a sisterLillian RAWSON
about 1950 (aged 60 years)
Death April 21, 1957 (aged 67 years)
Burial April 25, 1957 (4 days after death)
Family with parents
father
18641932
Birth: January 7, 1864 21 26Stratford, Victoria, Australia
Death: February 26, 1932North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
mother
18671933
Birth: about 1867Jericho, Victoria, Australia
Death: November 17, 1933East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: November 26, 1886Moondarra, Victoria, Australia
13 months
elder brother
18871960
Birth: 1887 22 20Toombon, Victoria, Australia
Death: April 15, 1960Kew, Victoria, Australia
4 years
himself
18901957
Birth: 1890 25 23Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: April 21, 1957Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22 months
younger brother
18911971
Birth: October 10, 1891 27 24Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: April 11, 1971Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
3 years
younger sister
18941950
Birth: 1894 29 27Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: about 1950Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4 years
younger sister
1897
Birth: 1897 32 30Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death:
2 years
younger brother
18981898
Birth: 1898 33 31Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1898Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
4 years
younger sister
19011980
Birth: 1901 36 34Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Death: April 21, 1980Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
7 years
younger brother
19071968
Birth: 1907 42 40Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1968Springvale, Victoria, Australia
Family with Ellen Clemence GRESSELE
himself
18901957
Birth: 1890 25 23Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: April 21, 1957Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
wife
18911971
Birth: March 25, 1891Lemon Springs, Victoria, Australia
Death: September 15, 1971Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: April 8, 1913Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8 months
son
19131974
Birth: November 19, 1913 23 22Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: April 26, 1974Albury, NSW, Australia
7 years
daughter
Charles MURPHY + Ellen Clemence GRESSELE
partner’s partner
wife
18911971
Birth: March 25, 1891Lemon Springs, Victoria, Australia
Death: September 15, 1971Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: about 1960
Shared note

He served overseas during WW1 and there is a copy of his Service Record on this computer. He enlisted on 7 January 1916, and served in 23 Battalion. At enlistment he was about 5'11" tall and 148 pounds, with brown eyes and dark brown hair. I suspect that when he enlisted he was a carpenter/joiner living at Apsley, but that at some stage while overseas his wife moved to 11 Dudley Street, Fitzroy, Victoria to be with her in-laws.

He was still in Melbourne at Royal Park in June 1916, but he left for overseas in the Miltiades on 1 August 1916, disembarked at Plymouth on the 25 Sept 1916, and by late Nov 1916 he was in France. He then seemed to be back and forward from England to France and in hospital frequently with illness. His Regimental Number was 5431. He returned home on the Swakopmund on 2 Aug 1919 - shows how long with shipping and other problems it took to get some troops home.

Was he a signaller/engineer?