David (Dave) ANDERSON

ANDERSON, David

Service Number: 1278
Enlisted: 25 January 1901
Last Rank: Farrier Sergeant
Last Unit: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born: Campbells Creek, Victoria, 9 December 1876
Home Town: Boomahnoomoonah, Moira, Victoria
Schooling: Boomahnoomoonah State School
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Natural causes, Wangaratta, Victoria, 15 May 1942, aged 65 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

25 Jan 1901: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier, 1278, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
20 May 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 1278, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

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Biography

"The death took place at Wangaratta of a well-known and highly respected resident of Boomahnoomoonah, in the person of Mr. David Anderson, aged 65 years. The late Mr. Anderson was born at Somerton, and came to this district with his parents, the late Andrew and Elizabeth Anderson, who settled at Boomahnoomoonah, 62 years ago. As a young man he learned the trade of blacksmith, his employer being the late Mr. B. Cross, of Wilby. He volunteered for the South African war, and served as a sergeant farrier in the Light Horse. On his return he again took up his trade, and set up a smithy at South Bundalong, which he carried on until becoming ill about four months ago." - from the Goulburn Valley Stock and Properety journal 27 May 1942 (nla.gov.au)

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