ANDERSON, John
| Service Number: | 3603 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1917, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 April 1868 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Spec mem 4 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Themistocles (A32) | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3603, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux |
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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Moved to Renmark with Sister Mrs Clara Miller.
Married Isabella Anderson under care of Mrs Clara Miller (sister.) Had three children: 1 – William Lowden Anderson, 2 – Margaret Anderson and 3 – Lilian Anderson.
Enlisted but declined due to teeth on 4th October 1916. Enlisted again 19th January 1917.
Embarked 10th reinforcements - 50th Battalion on 4th August 1917 at Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles (A32.)
Disembarked on 2nd October 1917 at Glasgow. Marched into 13th Training Battalion on 3rd October 1917 at Codford.
Proceeded to France 23rd January 1918. Joined 50th Battalion in the field on 26th January 1918.
Killed in Action 25th April (ANZAC Day) 1918 near Villers-Bretonneux during the counterattack which re-captured the town from the Germans and halted their advance on Amiens.
His body was recovered and buried at Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, but later lost,
He was thus provided a special memorial. His headstone and several others records the fact that he was 50 years of age at the time of his death.
His wife, Isabella Anderson died 1919 – 1920.
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