ANDERSON, David John
Service Numbers: | 1175, 1102 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Bendigo High School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Chemist's assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 16 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1175, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 1102, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 1102, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1175, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1175 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-06-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Sgt 1175 David John Anderson was killed in action on 16 June 1915 when the Turks heavily shelled the 8th Battalion's trenches at Steele's Post. He had only arrived at Gallipoli on 12 June 1915 as he had been an instructor at Broadmeadows Camp (having previously been a Lieutenant in the Senior Cadets before the war).
Remembered on the Bendigo War Memorial.