Letson, Charles Arthur (2693)
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 24 years 7 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 15 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 2693 view online service record
Address:
49 Market Street
South Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Mary Rose Letson (mother)
49 Market Street
South Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 27 October 1915
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion – 6th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 13 April 1919
Discharged: Tuesday, 22 July 1919
Brothers: Alfred John Letson and Stanley Gordon Letson
4 Comments
Brian Membrey
Charles Arthur LETSON disembarked in Melbourne on 30 May, 1919 and died in No. 11 Australian General Hospital, Kooyong Road, Caulfield of nephritis (chronic inflammation of the kidneys) on 26 February, 1920. He was buried in the Booroondara General Cemetery, Kew and is included on the AWM Roll of Honour. In a somewhat bizarre coincidence, a married brother, Arthur John LETSON (also born in Port Melbourne) returned July, 1918 with a urinary tract infection, died 29 May, 1921 in 11 AGH from abscesses on a gunshot wound to the thigh and was also interred Booroondara Cemetery. He is not included on the Roll of Honour as he died after the official disbandment of the AIF on 31 March, 1921.
ray williams
charles arthur and alfred john letson were my uncles. my mother was alma mary
rose letson. according to his war records alfred was shot in the elbow. I was born after they had both died and did not know them but I did know the third brother,
Stanley Gordon Letson who also served in the first world war.
Paul Letson
Hi Ray,
I am related to you I believe and I’m chasing details on the Letson Clan. Ly Grandfather was Percy Julius Letson living in Port Melbourne Grand Mother was Ivy.
Brian Membrey
There are many examples of brothers dying in service during the war, but Alfred and Charles may well be unique as the only pair that died after returning, and both at 11 AGH. Certainly the first I’ve encountered in documenting around 6,000 casualties from various districts around Melbourne