ANDERSON, Joseph Herbert
| Service Number: | 3705 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Miram, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Dowerin, Dowerin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 July 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dowerin War Memorial, Wyalkatchem War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3705, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3705, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3705, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph Anderson was the first of 3 Anderson brothers who enlisted. They were all born at Miram near Kaniva in Victoria but the family moved to Western Australia after the death of their father in 1900. Joe enlisted in August 1915 in the 11th Battalion, arriving in Egypt just as the ANZACs including the 11th Battalion were being evacuated from Gallipoli. The battalion, and Joe, headed for the Western Front where it appears Joe was shot during the build up to the battle of Pozières. Joe was mortally wounded by gunfire and died of his wounds on 21 July 1916. He was buried at the Military Cemetery at Warloy-Baillon.
His mother, Mrs. Margaret Anderson who had been widowed since 1900, submitted a personal inscription for his grave, two lines from the poem The English Flag by Rudyard Kipling: “Never the lotus closes, never the wild fowl wake, But a soul goes out on the East Wind that died for Britain’s sake.” It exceeded the permitted 66 letters and spaces; The inscription now reads: “Those who miss you loved you best.”
Joe’s brother, 4008 Leslie Anderson 32nd Battalion died of wounds on 15 April 1918, aged 26. A third brother, 2798 Pte Walter Raymond Anderson, 1st Imperial Camel Corps, returned to Australia, during July 1919.
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