William David ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, William David

Service Number:	117
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Death due to war service, Australia, 22 June 1919, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Pres. Plot 6D, Grave 6494, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, 117, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, 117, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
21 Jun 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, 117, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 117 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Quartermaster-Sergeant awm_died_date: 1919-06-21
Date unknown:	Involvement 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

13 Battalion

Quartermaster Sergeant

14 JUne 1616 - Marseilles - AWOL, Repimanded

29 August 1916 Wounded in action

17 October 1917 Wounded in action - Gassed

Also served 3 years in the Militia

Son of Robert and June Anderson of 'Rosebank', Concert Street, Dulwich Hill, New South Wales. Brother of 66171 Pte Ernest David ANDERSON, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 23 September 1919. Annie Anderson of 633 Balman Road, Leichardt

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