Ernest John ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Ernest John

    Service Number: 162
    Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Melbourne
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: Australian Provost Corps
    Born: Werribee, Victoria, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Railway Detective
    Died: Natural causes, At his Residence, Lasswade, 25 Bambra Road, Caufield, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1925
    Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
    Presbyterian S 167
    Memorials: Footscray Presbyterian Church Honour Board, Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 162, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 162, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 162, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 162, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    1 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 162, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW left arm (severe).
    3 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Provost Corps
    15 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 162, Australian Provost Corps , HT Berrima, Suez for return to Australia - arriving Melbourne 7 February 1919.
    29 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 162, Australian Provost Corps

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    ANDERSON.—On the 6th July, at his residence, Lasswade, 25 Bambra road, Caulfield, Ernest John, dearly loved second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Anderson, 317 Geelong road, Footscray, and brother of  James, William, Stanley, and Vene, aged 42.

    ANDERSON.—On the 6th July, at his residence, Lasswade, 25 Bambra road, Caulfield, Ernest John, dearly loved husband of Isabel, aged 42 years.

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