Charles Arkell

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Charles Swynfren Carnegie Arkell (1905-1968) was an Anglican priest.[1]

Arkell was educated at the Australian College of Theology. He was ordained deacon in 1929, and priest in 1930. After a curacy in Ipswich he joined the Bush Brotherhood. Arkell served at Charleville, Gin Gin and Keppel. During World War II he served with the AIF as a Chaplain. On 7 April 1941 he was captured at Derna, Libya by the Afrika Korps with the 2/15th Battalion (Australia).[2] When peace returned he became Rector of Sherwood. He was Archdeacon of Lilley from 1963 to 1968.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1955/6 p 31: London, OUP, 1955
  2. ^ David John Stewart https://www.powmemorialballarat.com.au/world-war-2-j-l.php Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial website. Retrieved on 27 May 2019.