Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Pte Charles Arthur Levens. Australian War Memorial Collection.
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Levens C A Pte 1376 Charles Arthur 5 Inf Bn 23 Architect Single Pres
Address: Essendon, Daisy St, 29
Next of Kin: Levens, Chas Baker, father, 29 Daisy St, Essendon
Enlisted: 26 Oct 1914
Embarked: A46 Clan MacGillivray 2 Feb 1915
Date of Death: 18/08/1916
CWGC: "Son of Charles B. and Jean Levens, of 19, Daisy St., Essendon, Victoria".
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
Relatives on Active Service:
Evans J Colonel uncle
Mentioned in correspondence:
Jacobsohn J R Pte 48 Ru Jacobsohn to Ada Mitchell, postcard dated 13/3/15.
The members of the Victorian Lacrosse Association who have enlisted in the Australian Expeditionary Forces are as follows:-
Maribyrnong Club.--Geo. Gilchrist, Chas. Levens, Wm. Love, Harold Lyttle, Alex. M'Arthur, A. J. Pratt.
NOTES. (1915, May 1). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 20 Edition: WEEKLY. Retrieved May 29, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91367372
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Essendon Gazette 12 August 1915
Helouan Convalescent Camp, Sunday, June 27th, 1915. Extract from letter to C. B. Levens, Daisy street, Essendon, from his son, Private C. A. Levens, 5th Battalion, A.I.F.:
"This Helouan, where we now are, is about twenty miles from Cairo, up in the hills, and is a fashionable resort for tourists. My "residence" is a palatial hotel, at Hayat, of about 200 rooms or more, owned by a German, who, at the outbreak of war, had to flee the country. It is a very fine place, and is situated on a rise commanding a fine view of the town and the surrounding country. On one side we have a view for miles and miles over the desert. As far as the eye can reach, one sees nothing but sand, reaching to the distant horizon. In the near distance are two or three pyramids rising in all their lordly splendour out of the desert and aweing one by their sombreness and grandeur. On the other side from my bedroom window, the scene changes. Near at hand the town, with its buildings of many colours, and here and there the minarets and domes of the mosques o'er which the crescent moon gleams fitfully at night; then beyond one sees that beautiful river, the great Nile, with its shimmering blue water rippling with the balmy breezes and relieved here and there by the huge white sails of the small craft which ply up and down this stream. The banks are covered with vegetation, and it is a relief to the eye to behold this expanse of green after the everlasting sand. On the banks are groves of beautiful palm trees, rearing their lofty stems forty or fifty feet high, and bending their stately branches to the breeze. Altogether Egypt is truly a place of mystery and interest, and one could wander here and there and never tire of it. If it were not for the heat, life here would be bearable.
I am considerably improved in health and my knee is all right again, and altogether I am feeling up to the mark and anxious to get something to do. The good food and careful nursing by the Australian nurses have fairly put me on my feet again, and I feel tip top. This camp is a fine place, and we are treated very well. Reveille at 6 am, breakfast at 7. I am always up for the breakfast, if not for reveille. 9 a.m. Parade before the doctor. ln this town of Helouan there are mineral springs and baths. The "quackâ ordered me a course of them, so every second day we hop into a motor and are driven to the baths and there sport in the waters for a quarter of an hour like young porpoises; than wrap ourselves in huge towels and lie down for a similar length of time. The water is heated to a certain temperature, and I believe these sulphur baths to be first-rate for rheumatics.
We have a tough job at the Dardanelles, but we are getting on slowly but surely, and I hope soon will be on the way to Constantinople.
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The Argus 18 Sep 1916
CASUALTIES IN FRANCE. Mr and Mrs. C. B. Levens, of Daisy street Essendon, have received official notice that their only son Charles Arthur was killed in action in France on August l8. The young soldier was 25 vears of age, and fought at Gallipoli and France. He was art architect by profession.
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Private Charles A. Levens, killed in action in France, on August 18th, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Levens, "Waaia," Daisy street, Essendon. Enlisting in October, 1914, this young soldier, left Australia in February, 1915, with the 2nd reinforcements for the 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry and took part in the landing on Gallipoli. After several weeks in the trenches, he was invalided to Egypt, suffering from rheumatism. Returning to the Peninsula, he took part in the strenuous fighting of July, August, and September. After the Lone Pine engagements he was sent to England suffering from dysentry and rheumatism. He returned to duty in Egypt in March, 1916, rejoined his unit in France in May of the same year, and in August lost his life. At the time of his enlistment he had made a promising start on his own behalf in his profession of architect, but heard and obeyed the call of his king and country. An enthusiast in sport, he was a playing member of the Maribyrnong Lacrosse Club and received the last part of his education at St. Thomas' Grammar School, Essendon.
WITH THE COLOURS. (1916, September 28). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594229
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War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
Ascot Vale Presbyterian Church* (Levins)
St Thomas' Grammar & Carlton College*
Anzac Honoured Dead 18/8/16
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour killed
Died on Service
LEVENS.-On the-18th August, killed in action,
France, Charles Arthur, aged 25, the dearly loved
and only son of Jean and Charles B. Levens, of
Daisy street, Essendon.
"Our Charlie."
LEVENS.-In affectionate remembrance of our dear
nephew and cousin, Charlie, who was killed in action
in France on 18th August.
"Greater love hath no man than this."
-(Inserted by his loving Aunt and Uncle -Pit-
cher, also Flo, Albert, and Ern.)
LEVENS.-On the 18th August, killed in action,
France, Charles Arthur, the dearly loved only
brother of Essie, loved uncle of Jean, and brother-
in-law of Henry Thomson, Pascoevale.
Duty nobly done.
The Argus 16 September 1916
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LEVENS.-Killed in action, France, August l8.
Private Charles Arthur Levens, dearly loved
and only son of Jean and Charles B. Levens,
"Waaia," Daisy Street, Essendon; brother of
Mrs Henry Thompson, Pascovale; and grandson
of James Levens, J.P. Collingwood, after
active service in Gallipoli and France.
"Our Charlie."
LEVENS.-In loving remembrance of our dear
nephew and cousin, Charles Arthur Levens,
who was killed in action in France on 18th August.
"Peace, perfect peace."
-(Inserted by his uncle and aunt, Col. John Evans
and Mrs. Evans, and family.)
The Argus 23 September 1916
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In Memoriam
LEVENS.-In loving memory of our only son,
Charlie, 5th Infantry Battalion, B Coy., A.I.F.,
killed in action, N.E. of Pozieres, on the
18th August, 1916, of Gallipoli and France,
aged 25 years.
LEVENS.-In loving memory of our dear Charlie,
who died fighting for his country at Pozieres,
August 18, 1916. (Inserted by his loving sister
and brother-in-law, E. and H. Thomson, Pascoe-
vale.)
The Argus 18 August 1917
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LEVENS-In loving memory of Private Charles
Arthur Levens killed in action N E. Pozieres on
18th August 1916, B Company 5th Battalion,
dearly loved and only son of Charles B Levens
and Jean Levens of Essendon, brother of Essie,
and uncle of Jean and wee Charlie.
An Anzac.
LEVENS -in loving remembrance of my dearly
loved only brother Charlie who fell upon the field
of honour at Pozieres August 18, 1916.
"Our dear Charl. "
-(Inserted by his loving sister, Ess., brother in law
H Thomson, and niece and nephew, Jean and Charlie)
The Argus 19 August 1918
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LEVENS- In loving memory of my dear brother,
Charles Arthur 5th Battalion who fell upon the field
of honour at Pozieres, France, on August
18, 1916.
Our dear Charl.
-(Inserted by his only sister, E Thomson Pas-
coevale )
The Argus 18 August 1919
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No further notices in 1920 or 1921.
McCUTHESON -A token of remembrance to
Duncan and Ross; and Noel Robertson, Jock Hodge,
Will Wotherspoon, Allan Evans, Charles Levens,
Allan Bradley, from a mate.
-(C.V.B., Ascotvale)
Family Notices. (1923, April 25). The Argus, p. 1.
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A small tribute to the honour of Duncan and
Ross McCutcheon, Will Wotherspoon, Noel
Robertson, Jack Hodge, Chas Levens, Allan
Bradley, Alex McArthur, Allan Evans, Dr. J.
Fairley. (From a Bible class-mate C.V.B.,
Ascotvale.)
Family Notices. (1924, April 25). The Argus, p. 1.
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