Regimental Number: 101258
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
Charles was born in Brandon, Manitoba on October 18, 1888. In 1912 he filed on a homestead at 5-72-7-W6. Charles enlisted in the Canadian Army in September of 1915 and returned to his homestead in Lake Saskatoon after the war. On December 20, 1930, he married a woman named Mona whom he met while working as a ranger in Jasper National Park. The couple eventually moved to Hinton.
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace p. 183-184; Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 188, 254