Richard Alfred ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Richard Alfred

Service Number: 661
Enlisted: 29 August 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, NSW, 1895
Home Town: Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sawyer
Died: Work place accident, Chiswick, NSW, 17 June 1935
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Zone C Anglican 12 1905
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World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 661, 4th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 661, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 661, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

WIREWORKER'S DEATH
Following an inquiry yesterday, the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, found that Richard Alfred Anderson, 50, a wireworker, of Broughton Road, Homebush, died on June 17 from the effects of injuries accidentally received through being entangled in a loop of wire and drawn round a revolving drum at Lysaght's wlro works, Chiswick. Alfred Richard Thuaux, of Park Street, Rozelle, a galvaniser, said an effort was made to stop the drum, but it was not successful due to the fouling of the clutch by a piece of wire. Another workman ran to the control Switch and stopped the machine.

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