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ANDERSON, Alfred Otto
Personal Details
Service Number: | 856 |
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Enlisted: | 19 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Portland, SA, 15 July 1896 |
Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Suicide, North Atlantic Ocean (HMAHS Kanowna), At sea (Indian Ocean (HMAHS Kanowna)), Belgium, 30 December 1917, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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9 Jun 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 856, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' |
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9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 856, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
30 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 856, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 856 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-12-30 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Son of Otto Alfred ANDERSON and Sarah nee MORRIS
Committed suicide (drowning) at sea 30 December 1917 one day after Freetown, Sierra Leone