Ernest ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Ernest

    Service Numbers: 2018, V45261
    Enlisted: 24 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, 1 May 1892
    Home Town: Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clothes presser
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2018, Melbourne, Victoria
    26 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2018, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    26 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2018, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    25 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2018, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    27 Jul 1916: Wounded Private, 2018, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    12 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    4 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    15 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    8 Oct 1917: Wounded Sergeant, 2018, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, 2nd occasion
    17 Jul 1918: Wounded Sergeant, 2018, 22nd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 3rd occasion - gas
    6 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    6 Apr 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    21 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    21 Oct 1939: Enlisted Lieutenant, V45261, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Bright, Victoria
    1 Nov 1945: Discharged Lieutenant, V45261, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
    Date unknown: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, V45261

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