Regimental number | 2452 |
Place of birth | Auburn, Victoria |
School | Camberwell State School No 888, Victoria |
Other training | Swinburne Technical College, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | 8 Roseberry Street, Auburn, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 6.75" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, F H Anderson, 8 Roseberry Street, Auburn, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 4 years in Cadets, 48th Bn, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick and Emily ANDERSON, 8 Rosebery Street, Auburn, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined 8th Bn, Gallipoli, 23 november 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, 8 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Appointed Temporary Corporal, 7 February 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916. Promoted Sergeant, Ferry Post. 25 March 1916. Detached to Zeitoun School of Instruction for duty, 29 March 1916; rejoined Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 23 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing, 19 July 1916. Previously reported missing, now reported killed in action, 19 July 1916. Red Cross File No 91004 has statement from 1655 Pte E.H. APSEY, 60th Bn (patient, Middlesex Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea, England), 3 January 1917: 'Informant ['Eye-witness: Yes'] states that on 19th July 1916 at Fleurbaix, Roy (sic) Anderson was killed by gun shot about 6 p.m.' Second statement, 2896 Pte Charles Pickering Goode MAYHEW, 59th Bn, 28 February 1917: 'He went over in the charge of B.VIII in the second wave at Fleurbaix on 19th. July. He got wounded about 150 yards from our parapet. I was lying in a shell hole about 20 yards away. He was calling out "Shoot me, shoot me!" About 3 p.m. a shell came across and blew him away. I saw his clothes go into the air. I crawled past on my way back that night. There was no trace of him. He must have been blown to pieces.' Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ANDERSON Robert Douglas
Red Cross File No 91004 |