He was a private of the 63rd Regiment. Charles arrived in Australia on 08/06/1829 on the HMS Sulphur. He married on 15/12/1843 to Mary Ann Walker (1826-). Mary was the daughter of Thomas. She arrived in Australia on 10/04/1842 on the Diadem. Charles and Mary's children were Ann Susanna (1844-) and William Thomas (1847-). He was discharged in 03/1834. In Bunbury, he was a storekeeper in the 1840s. He worked in Perth in 1847 as a thatcher and upholsterer.