William Herbert ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, William Herbert

Service Number:	5027
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goombungee, Queensland, Australia, 9 November 1890
Home Town:	Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Buttermaker
Died:	Shell blast, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 29 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Dinmore Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5027, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5027, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5027, 49th Infantry Battalion, Contusions to back
18 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
13 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5027, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5027 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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Biography

49 Battalion

Rank - Private

5 May 1916 disembarked Marseilles

7 May 1916 embarked Alexandria

14 June 1916 Disembarked Marseilles

28 July Taken on strength field

3 September 1916 Wounded in the back

6 September 1916 Admitted to hospital in Camiers contused back

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of William and Margaret Anderson, of Dinmore, Queensland. Native of Darling Downs, Queensland

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