Alexander ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Alexander

Service Number: 4435
Enlisted: 27 November 1915, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Glebe, NSW, 19 March 1884
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Drummoyne Public School
Occupation: Tram Driver / Pastoralist
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World War 1 Service

27 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4435, 4th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
3 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 4435, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
3 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 4435, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Ida ANDERSON, 66 Gipps Street, Drummoyne, NSW

Husband of Mrs. M ANDERSON, c/- Peoples Palace, Sydney NSW

Alexander served in Egypt and France at Pozieres, Delville Wood and Moquet Farm.  He contracted shell-shock and pleurisy and was invalided to London.  He returned to Australia and was discharged as medially unfit.