The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Shelvock
- First Name:
- Charles Baden
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX5018
- Classification:
- Cook
- Company:
- ‘A’ Company Headquarters
- Enlisted:
- 23.07.1940
- DOB:
- 24.08.1906
- Place of Birth:
- Shrewsbury, England
- Father's Name:
- Charles Shelvock
- Mothers's Name:
- Sarah Elizabeth Shelvock
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Mechanic
- Memorial:
- Epitaph, Labuan Memorial, Panel 19, Age 38.
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp and Barracks Changi
- Force:
- ‘E’ Force Borneo
- POW#:
- 3/9519 & 1900
- Cause of Death:
- Beri-Beri
- Place of Death:
- Sandakan
- Date of Death:
- 17.04.1945
General Description
Charles Shelvock was selected at Singapore to work in Borneo with ‘E’ Force. Please read further about ‘B’ and ‘E’ Forces.
Also read about Sandakan and the men of WA who died at Sandakan.
SHELVOCK, Private, CHARLES BADEN, WX5018, A.I.F. 2/4 M.G. Bn., Australian Infantry. 17 April 1945. Age 38. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Shelvock; husband of Marjorie Shelvock, of Leederville, Western Australia. Panel 19.
Labuan Memorial, Malaysia.
His parents Charles Shelvock and Sarah Elizabeth Vaughan married 1902 Shropshire, England.
Charles arrived 30 April 1929 aged 26 years from London on ‘Orsova’.
Charles married Marjorie Kinghorn in Perth 1941. She died 4 June 1986 and is buried Karrakatta.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Sandakan - Borneo ***
- Lintang Officers Camp, Kuching - Sarawak