Walter Henry ANDERSON

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Service Number:	254
Enlisted:	5 November 1914, Enlisted at Rockhamton, QLD Originally allocated to the 17th Battalion but transferred to the 15th Battalion on the same day as he enlisted
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Aberdeen, Scotland, 1885
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Accidental - fell from a train, Abou Souer, Ismailia, Egypt, 31 December 1915
Cemetery:	Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row C, Grave 12, Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Ismailia, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 254, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhamton, QLD Originally allocated to the 17th Battalion but transferred to the 15th Battalion on the same day as he enlisted
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 254, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 254, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
6 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion
31 Dec 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 254, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 254 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-12-31

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Husband of Annie Anderson of Denison Street, Rockhampton, QLD later of Mt Morgan, QLD in 1929

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