Frederick William ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, Frederick William

Service Number:	3256
Enlisted:	1 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulds Country, Tasmania, Australia, 25 April 1894
Home Town:	Lottah, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Lottah State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 23 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3256, 26th Infantry Battalion
13 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3256, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
13 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3256, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Hobart
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3256, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3256 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-23

Service History

Born Goulds Country, Tas.
Son of Charles Henry and Mary Ann ANDERSON
Of Lottah, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Miner
Enlisted: 1 August 1915
Embarkation: 13 December 1915 from Hobart per ‘Ajana’
Age: 21 years
Served in Egypt & France
Killed in Action: 23 July 1916
Commemorated Villers Brettoneux Memorial

Photograph Tasmania Weekly Courier 21 September 1916 Insert 4

Submitted 29 January 2016 by Faithe Jones

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Son of Charles and Mary Ann ANDERSON

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