Henry ANDERSON

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Service Number:	1813
Enlisted:	9 April 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

9 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1813, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1813, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney

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25 Battalion

Rank - Private

12 October 1915 - Taken on strength

31 January 1916 - Charged with disobeying his superior officer. Fined 2 days full pay

18 April 1916 - AWOL. Fined 28 days full pay

9 July 1916 - AWOL. Fined 28 days pay

Served with British Forces in the Boer War

Son of Daniel and Agnes Anderson of Glasgow. Brother of Mary McDougall of Glasgow, Scotland