ANDERSON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2717 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Lee Street State School North Carlton |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 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
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2717, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2717, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2717, 5th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother 218 Serjt. James McKenzie Anderson 5th Battalion AIF was still listed as officially missing later confirmed killed in action 26 April 1915, when Thomas died.
Thomas, a 22-year-old ironworker in civilian life, enlisted on 10 July 1915, also in 5th Battalion. He too arrived on the Gallipoli Peninsula but only in the last days of the campaign, and he went on later to the western front, landing at Marseilles on 30 March 1916. In April he was seconded to the Intelligence Platoon but remained with his battalion for duty. He was killed in action on 20 August 1916 in the battle for Mouquet Farm and is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
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