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ANDERSON, Robert James Bertram
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2803 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, February 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Trinity Hill State School |
| Occupation: | Railway labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2803, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2803, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2803, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2803, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Vervaart
Listed at Villiers-Bretonneau Memorial, 52nd Battalion. Thought to have died with his brother, 815 Pte. Benjamin Anderson (/explore/people/369274)
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