ANDERSON, William James
| Service Numbers: | 304, V240786 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
| Born: | Trawalla, Victoria, Australia., 9 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Trawalla, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Attendant (Hospital for the Insane) |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1967, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 304, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 304, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 304, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 9th Mobile Veterinary Section | |
| 26 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 304, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), embarked Kantara for Melbourne on board HT Burma | |
| 21 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 304, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V240786 | |
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| 1 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V240786, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Trooper William James Aderson (Service No:304) enlisted in Melbourne in the AIF on 10 September 1915 as a Private attached to 1st Australian Remount Unit, Squadron 2. Private Anderson embarked from Melbourne for Egypt with his Unit on 12 November 1915 on board HMAT Orsova A67. Trooper Anderson served in Egypt with 1st Remount Unit and 9th Mobile Vet Section (MVS) and was hospitalised on three occasions for concussion, gastritis and influenza. Trooper Anderson embarked from Kantara for Melbourne on 26 July 1919 on board HT Burma and was attached to 1st Remount Unit at Discharge on 21 October 1919. He served as a Corporal in the ACMF (28 March 1942 - 1 October 1945) with 20th Battalion (Vic) VDC.
Born in Beaufort, Victoria in 1892, William was seventh of ten children of Henry Littlejohn Anderson (b1852 in Selkirkshire, Scotland) and Julia Wilkinson (b1854 at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria). Henry immigrated with his parents and siblings in 1855, arriving in Geelong, Victoria on board the Marchioness of Salisbury. Henry was a Farmer at Buangor in 1881 when he and Julia married in Ararat. They lived in Buangor before settling in Trawalla via Beaufort, where they raised their family and Henry was a Farmer.
William was working as an Attendant in a Hospital for the Insane when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915. He returned to Trawalla following Discharge, and worked as a Labourer. He was a Farmer in 1920 when he married Emily Lyons (b1893 in Waterloo via Beaufort, Victoria). William and Emily lived in Trawalla and Brewster where they raised their family and William was a Farmer. William died in 1967 and Emily in 1968.
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