Charles Mervyn Costain

Service Number
4954
Unit
3rd FAB
Date of Enlistment
06/07/1915
Date of Return
12/05/1919
Date of Discharge
20/09/1919
Date of Death
11/08/1951
Service Story

Charles Costain was married and working as a baker in July 1915 when he enlisted, being allotted to the 9th Battery. The couple had two children and another was on the way. Within months of landing in Egypt he was in trouble with authorities and over the next three years would face disciplinary actions on a number of occasions resulting in lost pay which would have affected his wife and family back home when his pay was stopped. Charles Costain returned home in May 1919. Three more children were born to the couple. In the late 1920’s the family moved to Queenstown where Charles worked as a miner. In May 1942, lowering his age, he enlisted as a signalman in World War 2, serving until June 1945 when he took his discharge. Charles died at Launceston on 14 August 1951.

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Cemetery
Carr Villa Launceston
Burial Reference
C4-375