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Albert Howard ANDERSON

Regimental number414
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address130 Cathedral Street, East Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height6' 0"
Weight163 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Anderson, Wee Waa Street, Boggabri, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets.
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6-9 August 1915
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 8), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth ANDERSON, Wee Waa Street, Boggabri, New South Wales. Native of Sydney
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.

Found guilty, 7 June 1915, of being grossly insubordinate to his superior Officer: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Wounded in action, 6-9 August 1915.

Killed in action, 6-9 August 1915.

Buried in Brown's Dip Cemetery by Chaplain E. McAULIFFE; grave subsequently relocated to Lone Pine Cemetery.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANDERSON Albert Howard

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