Carl Edgar Collath

Alias Charles 

Born 14.04.1886    Place Talsen, Latvia     Ethnic origin Latvian  Religion Church of England

Father Collath, Ivan     Mother Devereux, Katherine

Arrived at Australia

            from London        on 09.1908      per Surry      disembarked at Sydney

Residence before enlistment Richmond, Vic, Campsie, NSW

Occupation 1912 labourer, 1915 painter

Service

service number 3028   enlisted 17.07.1915   POE Liverpool, NSW

unit 2nd Battalion, 54th Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1916-1917

final fate RTA 21.05.1918       discharged 19.11.1918

Naturalisation 1912

Residence after the war Sydney

Wife Alice Collath (née Penman), married 1919

Died 28.12.1948, Buried at Rookwood Necropolis Catholic Cemetery Grave No. 3368, Section 15.

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

In a few instances returning Russians married the girl-friends, widows or sisters of other Russian ex-servicemen — Carl Collath’s story is one example. His grandson sent me a photograph of his grandfather standing beside his best mate, who, according to family memories, ‘was going out with a young lady named Alice Mary Penman (no one remembers his name though). He was unfortunately killed in action. When Carl Edgar Collath returned from the war, he made contact with this young lady, as he knew her well, to tell her the sad news. Subsequently, they must have hit it off because they married and became my grandparents.’

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