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ANDERSON, Norman
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 29899 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Patrick, Glasgow Scotland, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinist, West Melbourne Works - The Metrpolitan Gas Company |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXVII, Row F, Grave 3., Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29899, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29899, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Embarked on HMAT 'A60' Aeneas from Melbourne on 3rd October 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England on 19th November 1916. | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29899, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Proceeded to France from Folkestone, England on 11th April 1917. | |
| 24 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29899, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Wounded in action, multiple gunshot wounds to spine, right shoulder and face. Bombardier Anderson would die from these wounds on 7th October 1917. | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29899, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29899 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1917-10-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
aka James Norman Ernest ANDERSON
Son of Ernest and Ellen Dorothy ANDERSON
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