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John ANDERSON

Regimental number4311
Place of birthInvercargill, New Zealand
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 3"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr L. Anderson, Natone via Burnie, Tasmania
Previous military serviceTasmanian Rangers ( 4 or 5 years)
Enlistment date6 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 October 1915
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Louis and Annie ANDERSON; Wife: Dorothy ANDERSON
Discharge date26 October 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 5 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 11 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 4 April 1916.

Taken on strength of 1st Entrenching Bn, 25 June 1916.

Taken on strength of 12th Bn, 4 August 1916.

Admitted to 1st Anzac Dressing Station, 24 December 1916 (pleurisy); transferred to No 38 Casualty Clearing Station, 24 December 1916; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 29 December 1916; to England, 6 January 1917; to University War Hospital, 7 January 1917 (dysentery); to Dysentery Convalescent Depot, Barton, 23 February 1917; discharged to furlough, 18 April 1917, and to report to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 3 May 1917.

Posted as absent without leave, 3 May 1917.

Classified B1A3, 8 May 1917.

Marched into Drafting Depot, Perham Downs, 12 May 1917.

Classified A3, 14 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 June 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 16 June 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 4 July 1917; rejoined 12th Bn, 8 July 1917.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Field Ambulance, 22 July 1917 (pyrexia of unknown origin); to No 53 Casualty Clearing Station, 23 July 1917; to No 12 General Hospital, Rouen, 28 July 1917; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 5 August 1917; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, 17 August 1917 (trench fever); marched into No 1 Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 18 October 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 26 October 1917; rejoined 12th Bn, 27 October 1917.

Wounded in action, 19 March 1918; admitted to No 1 Australian Field Ambulance, 19 March 1918 (gassed, mustard); to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, 19 March 1918; to No 53 General Hospital, Boulogne, 21 March 1918; to England, 8 April 1918; to Brook War Hospital, Woolwich, 8 April 1918; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 June 1918; discharged to furlough, 19 June 1918; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 3 July 1918.

Admitted to Group Hospital, Hurdcott, 5 July 1918 (influenza); marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 11 July 1918.

Marched into Overseas Training Bde, 27 September 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 October 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 26 October 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 28 October 1918; rejoined 12th Bn, 1 November 1918.

Evacuated to hospital, 29 November 1918; admitted to No 5 General Hospital, Rouen, 30 November 1918 (influenza); transferred to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 21 December 1918; discharged, 28 December 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 30 December 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 4 January 1919; rejoined 12th Bn, 6 January 1919.

Married Hilda WEDDERBURN, Parish Church, Milford, 6 February 1919.

Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 27 March 1919; marched into Overseas Training Bde, 4 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Dunvegan Castle', ; disembarked, 21 August 1919; discharged Hobart (termination of period of enlistment), 26 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1 March 1922
Age at death35
Place of burialSandy Bay Cemetery (Returned Soldiers Section), Hobart, Tasmania
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANDERSON John

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