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Charles James ANDERSON

Regimental number2551
Place of birthAberdeen Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressWoodburn Road, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maggie Anderson, Woodburn Road, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22-25 July 1916
Date of death25 July 1916
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialGordon Dump Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 43). Ovillers-La Boiselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret ANDERSON, 18 Woodburn Road, Lidcombe, New South Wales. Native of Aberdeen, Scotland

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