Albert Mendelssohn ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, Albert Mendelssohn

Service Number:	659
Enlisted:	30 November 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Princes Hill, Melbourne Victoria, 1892
Home Town:	Alphington, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 6 January 1918
Cemetery:	Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension Row E, Grave 5
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World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 659, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked 659, HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne
8 Jan 1917:	Transferred Second Class Air Mechanic, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
1 Feb 1917:	Promoted Sergeant, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
3 Nov 1917:	Promoted Second Lieutenant, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
12 Nov 1917:	Transferred Second Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
6 Jan 1918:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 659, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 71 Squadron Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-01-06

Story

2nd Lieutenant Albert Mendelssohn ANDERSON. Posted to 4AFC as a Sopwith Camel pilot. Killed in a flying accident during a familiarisation flight behind the Allied lines on 6.1.18. This tragic collision - in close formation - also claimed the lives of two other 4AFC Camel pilots.

Submitted 6 January 2019 by Elizabeth Allen

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Albert Mendelssohn ANDERSON was born in Princess Hill, Melbourne in 1892

His parents were Albert William ANDERSON & Agnes Margaret LINKLATER

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