Arthur ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Arthur

    Service Number: 639
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria
    Schooling: Dimboola East State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, Egypt, 11 July 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
    Row K. Grave 166,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 639, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 639, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 639, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    28 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 639, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to head (compound fracture), neck and back sustained at Steele's Post. Evacuated to Egypt where he died from his wounds on 11 July 1915.
    11 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 639, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 639 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-11

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    Biography

    8 Battalion

    Rank - Lance Corporal

    28 June 1915 - Wounded in action. Gunshot wounds to head, neck and back

    Son of James and Eliza S. Anderson, of Oaklands, Dimboola, Victoria

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