William Watt ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, William Watt

Service Number:	153
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dundee, Scotland, 1894
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Blackness Public School, Scotland
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Dysentery, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 30 October 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot D, Row 1, Grave 6 Chaplain H.P. Dodd officiated Interred on the 1 November 1915, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 153, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 153, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 153, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Date of enlistment: 10.02.1915
Place of enlistment: Liverpool, NSW

He was 20.

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

Son of R.J. and Ellen McKenzie Anderson of 12 Balgay Avenue, Dundee, Scotland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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