Regimental number | 4311 |
Place of birth | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 3" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr L. Anderson, Natone via Burnie, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Tasmanian Rangers ( 4 or 5 years) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Louis and Annie ANDERSON; Wife: Dorothy ANDERSON |
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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 death | |
Age at death | 35 |
Place of burial | Sandy Bay Cemetery (Returned Soldiers Section), Hobart, Tasmania |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ANDERSON John |