Graduated as a master of ship from Horsens. Emigrated to Australia and worked as a master of a ship and later as a farmer in Australia and New Zealand. Married 1878 Alice Angelina Roberts. Buried Waikaraka Cemetary, Auckland.
Sources
NZ BDM death registration no. 1921/10941 Balle Charles 79Y
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Group Record (L45T-732)
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Charles got his master's ticket from the Marine Board of Victoria, Australia. He captained the brig Maggie and its replacement, the barquentine Silver Cloud (from March 1877). Both owned by J. H. Vautier of Napier, New Zealand.
Letter in praise of captain Balle in Hawke's Bay Herald, 27 February 1880, page 3. Inquiry into the stranding of Silver Cloud in Napier harbour, Daily Telegraph, 29 January 1881, page 2.
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Letter in praise of captain Balle in Hawke's Bay Herald, 27 February 1880, page 3. Inquiry into the stranding of Silver Cloud in Napier harbour, Daily Telegraph, 29 January 1881, page 2.