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ANDERSON, Alec Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5939 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1916, RAS Grounds, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Nowra Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood XXVI. C. 5., Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra - All Saints War Memorial Lych Gate, Nowra Soldiers Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5939, RAS Grounds, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5939, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5939, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5939, 17th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road |
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