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ANDERSON, Lynton Vere

Service Number:	6470
Enlisted:	15 August 1916, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Brentwood, South Australia, 29 July 1894
Home Town:	Brentwood, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Brentwood Public School
Occupation:	Store Keeper's Assistant
Died:	Illness, France, 15 November 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Tourgeville Military Cemetery VII B 2, Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Tourgeville, Normandy, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minlaton War Memorial WW1

World War 1 Service

15 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6470, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6470, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6470, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
15 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 6470, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6470 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-15
Date unknown:	Wounded 6470, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography

Son of Alexander ANDERSON and Eliza Clarke nee VANSTONE

Died of Broncho Pneumonia