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Charles John LARSSON

Regimental number54461
Date of birth16 February 1880
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressNowra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 6.75"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C L Larsson, Hornagatan, Stockholm, Sweden
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 April 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameNew South Wales Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Feldmarschall on 19 June 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date1 June 1919
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Sydney, 19 June 1918; disembarked London, England, 26 August 1918, and marched into 14th Training Bn, 27 August 1918.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 27 September 1918; discharged, 30 September 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 4 days.

Marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 24 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Khyber', 31 March 1919; disembarked Sydney, 14 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 1 June 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death13 March 1939
Age at death59
Place of burialNowra Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, LARSSON Charles John

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