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Thomas Bonner ANDERSON

Regimental number1012
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
SchoolDusthope Public School, Dundee, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressExchange Hotel, Narromine, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 5"
Weight159 lbs
Next of kinSister, Isabella Bonner Anderson, 119 Roseberry Street, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed for 12 years in the Seaforth Highlanders, British Army; time expired.
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted as a single man; did not list wife as next of kin.
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1915
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Margaret ANDERSON; husband of Isabella ANDERSON, 125 Roseberry Street, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

Promoted Corporal, 1 May 1915.

Killed in action, 7 June 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANDERSON Thomas Bonner

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