James Alexander ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, James Alexander

Service Number:	N38085
Enlisted:	5 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Granville, New South Wales, Australia , 11 April 1916
Home Town:	Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Injuries from accidental bomb explosion, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row 8. Grave 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N38085, 4 Infantry Battalion AMF

World War 2 Service

15 Mar 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N38085, 4 Infantry Battalion AMF, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Killed in a training accident

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

N38085 Private James Alexander ANDERSON (1921-43)

James Anderson had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit. See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora.They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943. The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

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