Alfred James ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Alfred James

Service Numbers: 579, NX33643, N70580
Enlisted: 17 August 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hay, NSW, 16 January 1902
Home Town: Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boiler Makers Labourer
Died: Illness, Australia, 25 June 1941, aged 39 years
Cemetery: Dubbo General Cemetery, NSW
RC 1506, Dubbo General Cemetery, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 579, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
19 Aug 1914: Embarked Private, 579, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
19 Aug 1914: Involvement Private, 579, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX33643

World War 1 Service

13 Jun 1941: Enlisted Private, NX33643, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW

World War 2 Service

13 Jun 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX33643
Date unknown: Involvement N70580

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Catherine Darling Anderson; husband of Dorothy Anderson, of Wollongong.

ALFRED JAMES ANDERSON.
Word has been received from the A.I.F. military camp at Dubbo of the death of Pte. A. J. Anderson, an ex member of the. Gerringong Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Living in the Gerringong district at the outbreak of the war the late Pte. Anderson enlisted in the Garrison Battalion and was stationed at Port Kembla. After unsuccessful attempts to join the A.I.F. he was accepted some few weeks ago and was posted to Dubbo camp as a machine gunner, where he died on Thursday, 26th June. At the military funeral the  Gerringong Sub-branch was represented by members of the Dubbo Sub-branch.
In the Great War Pte. Anderson enlisted at an early age and was a member of the Australian contingent that went to New Guinea. He later re-enlisted in the 34th Battalion and
saw service in France, so it can truly be said that he did his bit for his country. While in camp at Port Kembla he was married. His wife is now living at Fairy Meadow, Wollongong. To her, sincere sympathy is extended in her bereavement.

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