ANDERSON, James A
| Service Number: | 157 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 157, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 157, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
James Alexander ANDERSON, (Service Number 157) was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 19 November 1887. By 1911 he was employed by the NSW Railways, but there are indications that his service had begun before that date. He at first worked as a laborer (sic) in the Permanent Way Branch at the Pyrmont Jetty Coal Plant, and in April 1913 was appointed as Coal Elevator Attendant there, at a pay rate of 9/6 per day.
On 2 February 1915 he joined the Australian Imperial Force, enlisting at Liverpool. As he was unmarried he gave his brother, Robert, then living in Scotland, as his next of kin. On his attestation papers he described his ‘calling’ exactly in the terms of his railway employment.
Anderson served at Gallipoli where he was twice wounded. On the second occasion his wounds, shrapnel damage to a hand and a foot, were severe enough to warrant evacuation to England though he recovered quickly and rejoined the AIF in Egypt. The Australian force then moved to France where James Anderson was killed in action at Pozières on 4 August 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux.
His sister, Miss Maggie Anderson, of Lanarkshire Scotland was the beneficiary of his estate.
(NAA B2455-1977101)
Submitted 9 May 2023 by John Oakes