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SWANSON, Christian Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2476 |
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Enlisted: | 22 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bowmans, South Australia , 11 November 1895 |
Home Town: | Bowmans, Wakefield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 3 December 1984, aged 89 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Port Wakefield Bowmans Methodist Church & District WW1 Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2476, Keswick, South Australia | |
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23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2476, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2476, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
11 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2476, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
22 Aug 1916: | Wounded Private, 2476, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock | |
14 Mar 1918: | Wounded Corporal, 2476, 10th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion - GSW (left foot) | |
20 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2476, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Returned to Australia 30 June 1918