ANDERSON, Walter Hugh
| Service Number: | 1903 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, 18 mths Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1914: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1903, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW to head | |
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| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1903, 4th Infantry Battalion, 18 mths Cadets | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1903, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1903, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 12 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1903, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW Right Leg | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, Reverts to Private at own request | |
| 21 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1903, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1903 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-05 |
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From AWM
1903 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Walter Hugh (Hugh) Anderson, 4th Battalion, of Neutral Bay, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting in January 1915, Hugh Anderson embarked from Sydney with the 5th Reinforcements on board HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 13 April 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in June 1915 and was wounded in action in August. He rejoined his unit later in the month and remained until the evacuation in December. Anderson arrived in France in March 1916 and was appointed Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) in May. He was wounded in action in France in July and convalesced in England until October. Returning to his unit he reverted to the rank of Private, but was appointed Lance Corporal again in April 1917. He was killed in action at Bullecourt, France, on 5 May 1917. L/Cpl Anderson was 27 years of age.
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