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ANDERSON, Charles Morton
(Service number 7/1183)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	8 May 1880	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Cave
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Chas M. MORTON (father), Worcester Street, Christchurch
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	14 June 1953	Age	73 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	Cave War Memorial - Those who offered their lives by serving overseas

Biographical Notes

Cahrles Morton Anderson was the son of Charles Morton and Annie Anderson. His name is recorded on the Cave War Memorial. His brother Alan Dougglas Anderson also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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