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The Non-Commissioned Officers' Club of Essendon have presented one of their number, 2nd Lieutenant A. E. C. Charlwood, who has enlisted, with a money belt, accompanied by an illuminated programme, with the autographs of the officers. Captain Blair, C.O., made the presentation, and was supported by Captain John Kerr, A.O., and Staff Sergeant-Major Watt. The recipient made a fitting reply.

ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, August 17). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 4, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74593757

News has been received by private cable message that Private A. E. C. Charlwood, son of Mr. Arthur Charlwood, Essendon, has been wounded in the wrist and is in England. Private Charlwood was educated at St. Paul's Cathedral school, having been a chorister at the cathedral. Before enlisting he was 2nd lieutenant in the Senior Cadets, and volunteered for active service upon turning 18. He went into camp in June, 1916, and left as corporal with reinforcements in September.

ROLL OF HONOR. (1917, April 26). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74602347

CHARLWOOD.--Killed in action in France, 26th September, 1917, Lance-Corporal Arthur Ernest Cameron ("Boy") Charlwood, 58th Battalion, dearly beloved eldest son of Arthur and Flora Charlwood, 41 Daisy street, Essendon, loving brother of Freda and Howard ("Ging'); aged 19 years. Beloved by all.

Family Notices. (1917, October 25). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604086

Lance Corporal Arthur Ernest Charlwood, 58th Battalion, who was killed in action in France on 26th September last, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs A. Charlwood, 41 Daisy street, Essendon. He was well known and esteemed among the officers and cadets of 58A where he held the rank of 2nd lieutenant.

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, October 25). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74604095

Another of the gallant young lives which are such a loss to the nation was given in the recent heavy fighting, when Lance-Corporal Arthur Ernest C. Charlwood, elder son of Mr. Arthur Charlwood, Essendon, fell in action. Of commanding presence, 6ft. 2in. in height, and of fine physique, although only 19 years of age, in appearance he was the ideal soldier. He was certainly an instance of the strong influence and effect of the compulsory cadet military training. Temperamentally of the artistic and refined type, from the time he began  his cadet training with the 58th Battalion Senior Cadets, its good effect was  noted. He soon worked through the ranks, and the year before he enlisted passed his examination well and was gazetted 2nd lieutenant. By a coincidence, when he enlisted in 1916 he was appointed to reinforcements for the 58th Battalion, and regarded it as a good omen.

He left Australia as corporal in September 1916, and had been previously wounded at Bermutz, and had only returned to France in June. He was with the Federal Union Insurance Company for a year or two before he left. From his early boyhood he was a chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral choir, where a service is to be held on Tuesday in memory of him and other boys who have fallen.

Lance-Corporal Charlwood was the eldest representative of the fourth generation of a Melbourne family, as his great grandfather, another Arthur Charlwood, landed here with his family early in 1850, and established the business of Charlwood and Son, printers, publishers and booksellers. This was carried on principally by his sons, the best known being Charles J. Charlwood, grandfather of the young soldier.

On Saturday morning St. Paul's Day was celebrated at the Cathedral by a full choral service. In the evening the Choir Association held its annual gathering in the schoolroom,  annual gathering in the schoolroom, when the portraits of three former choir boys, Lieut's. E. Anderson and Bowden, and Lance-Corporal A. E. Charlwood, were unveiled. All three had made the supreme sacrifice in France. Lieut. Anderson was killed when rescuing wounded comrades under heavy fire. Lieut. Bowden, after long service in the firing line, was wounded and taken prisoner, and died from his injuries soon after his capture. Lance-Corporal Charlwood, who was still in his teens, had only just got back to the trenches after recovering from wounds, when he fell in action. He was the elder son of Mr. Arthur Charlwood, and nephew of Miss Emily Charlwood, the popular editress of 'Table Talk.'

WOMAN'S REALM. (1918, February 1). Graphic of Australia (Melbourne, Vic. : 1916 - 1918), p. 27. Retrieved April 3, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153586636