Alfred Otto ANDERSON

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Service Number:	856
Enlisted:	19 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Portland, SA, 15 July 1896
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Suicide, North Atlantic Ocean (HMAHS Kanowna), At sea (Indian Ocean (HMAHS Kanowna)), Belgium, 30 December 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 856, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 856, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
30 Dec 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 856, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 856 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-12-30
Date unknown:	Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Son of Otto Alfred ANDERSON and Sarah nee MORRIS

Committed suicide (drowning) at sea 30 December 1917 one day after Freetown, Sierra Leone

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