Charles Proctor Kelsall (Lieutenant) had attended Ballarat’s Grenville College but was farming at Albury when he enlisted on April 6th 1916. He was promoted rapidly through the ranks and by the time he embarked from Melbourne on the Shropshire in May 1917, he had been promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He was posted to France with the 17th Battalion in November, and promoted once more to the rank of Lieutenant in January 1918. On May 14th 1918 he was killed in action along the Bray-Corbie Road at Morlancourt, when he led a team of twelve men and a Lewis gun against a force of German troops who had passed to the rear of the 17th Battalion's front-line posts. After defending their position for over five hours, and just before a planned counter-attack, Charles was killed by a German bullet. He is buried at Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He left behind a widow and a baby daughter, Laura. His batman, Pte. Lee, said of him, ‘He was one of the best, we were all very sorry to lose him, a brave man’.

One of three Kelsall brothers who served in the AIF, his brothers John and Gordon are also honoured with neighbouring trees in the Avenue.