Charles Henry SWANSON

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Service Number:	3442
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	14th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1888
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3442, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3442, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3442, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
18 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, At Forant
6 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers
30 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3442, 14th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Charles August Swanson and Maria Petrinia Swanson nee Peterson of Walker Street, Townsville, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on the 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal