Charles Norman LUNDSTROM

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LUNDSTROM, Charles Norman

Service Numbers:	1380, 2261
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 1897
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Eastern Road State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Sawyer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1380, Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1380, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1380, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
7 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1380, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
26 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2261, 6th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2261 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-26

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Biography contributed by Vicki Omond

"Killed In Action.

Pte. C. N. LUNDSTROM, of the 6th Battalion, only son of Mrs. C. Lundstrom, 5 Ward-street, South Melbourne, was killed in action in France on 25th October. Pte. Lundstrom enlisted in 1914, and left with the first Australian division. He went through the Gallipoli campaign, and also took part in several big engagements in France. Prior to enlisting he was employed by Turner Bros., South Melbourne." - from the Melbourne Age 10 Jan 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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