William Thomas ANDERSON Update Details

ANDERSON, William Thomas

Service Number: 926
Enlisted: 21 December 1914, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Pioneer Battalion
Born: Warwick, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 July 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Plot X111, Row F, Grave 3, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warwick War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

21 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick, Queensland, Australia
22 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 926, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
22 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 926, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Malakuta, Newcastle
8 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 926, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 926 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-08

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Biography

4 Pioneer Battalion, 2 Light Horse

Rank - Private/Trooper

2 October 1915 - Joined unit at Gallipoli

8 October 1915 - AWOL from working party. Fined 7 days full pay

16 January 1916 - To hospital

20 January 1916 - Admitted  to hospital - Mumps, Orchitis

16 April 1916 Taken on strength 4 Pioneer Battalion

4 June 1916 - Proceed to join B.E.F at Alexandria

11 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Hans Anderson, Warwick, Mile End, Queensland; Husband of Gladys Anderson of 347 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London, England

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