ANDERSON, Patrick Sinclair
| Service Number: | 337 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newstead Station, Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Armidale School, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia (February 1894 - December 1900) |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 30 April 1915, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row Q, Grave 430 |
| Memorials: | Armidale School War Memorial Gates, Elsmore and District Roll of Honor, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Kurrajong Parade Avenue of Honour, Inverell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 337, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 337, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 337, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-04-30 | |
| 27 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For conduct leading his platoon at attack on 25/4/1915 |
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From Alumni Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Australia
Patrick Sinclair Anderson and and his younger brother, James Anderson
Two of five sons of John A. Anderson and his wife Mary, of Newstead South Station, Inverell, New South Wales
Patrick was educated at The Armidale School and attended the School of Mines in Ballarat. Worked as an engineer for several years before returning to Newstead to work with his father.
Enlisted in October 1914 and was also a Second Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion.
He was badly wounded at Gallipoli on 26 April 1915, gunshot wounds to the abdomen, and evacuated to 15th General Hospital at Alexandria where he died on noon 30th April 1915. Patrick was buried at Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria.
In November 1915, the London Gazette listed Patrick as Mentioned in Despatches for conspicuous service. He was the first Old Boy of The Armidale School to be killed in the war
James enlisted in Sydney in September 1914 and was appointed Second Lieutenant. He transferred to the 56th Battalion and in 1917 was Brigade Major of the 16th Battalion. He served in Egypt and France. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1915; mentioned in Despatches in 1916, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919. James was demobilized in England in July 1919 and returned to Australia
Lest We Forget
Biography
Son of : John and Mary ANDERSON, Newstead, Inverell, New South Wales. Commemorated in a stained glass window in The Armidale School Chapel unveiled 10 September 1916, donated by his father John A. Anderson
After secondary education he attended the School of Mines, Ballarat, Victoria; worked as an engineer for several years before returning to Newstead to work with his father. He was the first Old Boy of The Armidale School to be killed in the war
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