Charles Michael Doube (known as Chas), the eldest of 4 children born to Henry John (Harry) Doube (1879 - 1939) and Augusta Mary Ziesing (1882-1966), was born in Payneham, SA on 2nd August 1912. He served in the RAAF in a fighter control unit in Darwin during WWII. On 13th March 1945, in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide, he married Naomi Helena Brown and they subsequently had two children Ann and Naomi. Charles was a grandson of Bridget Mary Carrucan and John Doube.