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, Egypt
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