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ANDERSON, Arthur James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1838 |
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Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Drysdale, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Drysdale, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 3 June 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot X1, Row G, Grave 9A, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Drysdale Bellarine Shire Council Roll of Honor, Drysdale St James' Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Drysdale State School No 1645 Honor Roll, Drysdale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Geelong, Victoria, Australia | |
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20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1838, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1838, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Egypt | |
15 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Egypt | |
26 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, England | |
30 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , France | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1838, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Bullecourt (Second) | |
20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1838, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Menin Road | |
1 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1838, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
3 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1838, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , SW to left arm and neck. Died on No.32 Ambulance Train later the same day. | |
3 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1838, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1838 awm_unit: 105th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-06-03 |
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4 Light Horse Regimet
Rank - Private/Gunner
Son of Robert and Ellen Anderson, Drysdale, Victoria