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ANDERSON, Walter Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 254 |
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Enlisted: | 5 November 1914, Enlisted at Rockhamton, QLD Originally allocated to the 17th Battalion but transferred to the 15th Battalion on the same day as he enlisted |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 1885 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Accidental - fell from a train, Abou Souer, Ismailia, Egypt, 31 December 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row C, Grave 12, Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Ismailia, Suez Canal, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 254, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhamton, QLD Originally allocated to the 17th Battalion but transferred to the 15th Battalion on the same day as he enlisted | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 254, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 254, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
6 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
31 Dec 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 254, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 254 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-12-31 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Annie Anderson of Denison Street, Rockhampton, QLD later of Mt Morgan, QLD in 1929
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal