Charles ANSON

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Service Number:	732
Enlisted:	4 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mooroopna, Victoria Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Mooroopna State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in action, Villers-Bretonneux France, 21 May 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Daours Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row C, Grave 10Commemmorated Maroopna Cemetery, Victoria.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

4 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 732, 38th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 732, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
21 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 732, 59th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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59 Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Meda

Son of George John and Elizabeth Anson, Northgate Street, Maroopna, Victoria

Brother of George Anson Jr., Daisy Anson and Violet Anson