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ANDERSON, William Herbert

Service Number:	5027
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goombungee, Queensland, Australia, 9 November 1890
Home Town:	Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Buttermaker
Died:	Shell blast, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 29 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Dinmore Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Biography

49 Battalion

Rank - Private

5 May 1916 disembarked Marseilles

7 May 1916 embarked Alexandria

14 June 1916 Disembarked Marseilles

28 July Taken on strength field

3 September 1916 Wounded in the back

6 September 1916 Admitted to hospital in Camiers contused back

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of William and Margaret Anderson, of Dinmore, Queensland. Native of Darling Downs, Queensland