Donald ANDERSON

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Service Number:	479
Enlisted:	10 February 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Callander, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Wandering, Wandering, Western Australia
Schooling:	McLaren High School, Callander, and Ediburgh Universirty Scotland
Occupation:	Solicitor/ Jackaroo
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 7 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 479, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 479, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 479, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
7 Apr 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 479, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 479 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-07

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Came to australia for health reasons in 1912 to take up sheep farming and worked on S Kidman's sheep stations