When war was declared on 4 August 1914, Charles Edward CULVERWELL was 22 and working as a clerk for the Wellington Harbour Board. Charles was of an age to enlist and did so promptly on 10th August. He was medically examined and noted as “fit to play in a band’.
On 12 August Charles was posted to the Samoan Advance Force, which left Wellington to seize German Samoa as a ‘great and urge seize German Samoa as a ‘great and urgent Imperial service’, which they did on 29 August without firing a shot. Charles was promoted to sergeant during his time in Samoa. On 22 March 1915 he and many others in the Samoan Advance Force were repatriated and discharged from service. He went back to his job as a clerk for the Wellington Harbour Bard and put any military activities into Missions for Seamen and reunions of ‘Old Samoans’. His war was over. He was 23.
Charles married Rosetta Black in 1915, and they set up home in Norna Crescent, Highbury, not far from his parents. Charles died in 1927 and is buried in the Services Section Karori Cemetery. His wife Rosetta died in 1934 and is also buried in Karori Cemetery (Public 3 223C)
On 12 August Charles was posted to the Samoan Advance Force, which left Wellington to seize German Samoa as a ‘great and urge seize German Samoa as a ‘great and urgent Imperial service’, which they did on 29 August without firing a shot. Charles was promoted to sergeant during his time in Samoa. On 22 March 1915 he and many others in the Samoan Advance Force were repatriated and discharged from service. He went back to his job as a clerk for the Wellington Harbour Bard and put any military activities into Missions for Seamen and reunions of ‘Old Samoans’. His war was over. He was 23.
Charles married Rosetta Black in 1915, and they set up home in Norna Crescent, Highbury, not far from his parents. Charles died in 1927 and is buried in the Services Section Karori Cemetery. His wife Rosetta died in 1934 and is also buried in Karori Cemetery (Public 3 223C)