ANDERSON, William James
| Service Numbers: | W23734, WX39028, WX39028,, WX39028/W23734 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 13 January 1921 |
| Home Town: | Wongan Hills, Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Slaughterman |
| Died: | Queens Park, Canning, Western Australia, 22 September 1978, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremation - Ashes dispersed at Cemetery MCB-236264-S6J4K9 KC00058532 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W23734, 44 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 12 Apr 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W23734, 44 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 13 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX39028, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX39028, embarked Townsville for Lae on board the Tarooma en route to Bougainville | |
| 10 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX39028, embarked Torokina for Brisbane on board the Ormiston | |
| 6 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX39028, embarked Brisbane for Torokina on board the Westralia | |
| 15 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX39028,, embarked Torokina for Townsville on board the Taroona | |
| 18 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX39028,, 2 Australian Line Maintenance Section | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX39028/W23734 |
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Bill was born in Perth, WA in 1921, youngest of two children of Arthur Edgar James Anderson (b1892 in Fremantle, WA) and Margaret Ethel May Peters (b1892). Arthur was a Fireman in Perth with the WAGR in 1914 when he and Margaret married in Perth. Arthur had started work with the WAGR as a Cleaner in January 1911 in Fremantle before moving to Perth in August 1912 and working as a Fireman. The couple moved to Wongan Hills in 1922 - Arthur was a Fireman and Locomotive Driver with WAGR - and then moved to Bunbury in 1950 where Arthur retired in 1958.
Bill was working as a Slaughterman/Butcher in Wongan Hills in 1942 when he enlisted in the ACMF - and married Mary Jane Ross (b1920 in Albany, WA) in Perth. Following his Discharge, Bill and Mary Jane lived around Katanning, where Bill worked as a Ganger before settling in Canning in the 1970s. Bill died in 1978 and Mary Jane in 1998.
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