Charles ANDERSON

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Service Numbers:	366/366a, 366, 366A
Enlisted:	3 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Vittskövle, Skåne, Sweden, 7 October 1890
Home Town:	Diggers Rest, Hume, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 March 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 366/366a, 13th Machine Gun Company
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 366, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 366, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 366A, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 366A awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-28

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Charles ANDERSON (AUDERSSON) was born in Sweden in 1890 and arrived in Australia in 1912.

He was working as a farm labourer in the Diggers Rest area when he enlisted in the AIF on 3/8/1916.

He had applied for Australian citizenship prior to enlisting.

After training he left Melbourne on 19/9/1916 aboard the HMAT Commonwealth and was allocated to the 13th Machine Gun Company.

Charles was killed in action on 28/3/1918 and is buried at the Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension near Albert, France.