ANDERSON, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 3006 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1915, Blackboy HIll, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longwood, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Welshpool, Canning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Mt Magnet Public School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canning Honor Roll, Cannington War Memorial, Cannington Welshpool District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Blackboy HIll, Western Australia | |
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| 18 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, 3006, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, 3006, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3006, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3006 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-29 |
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28 Battalion
Rank - Private
16 February 1916 - Embarked HT Nodic at Alexandria
15 March 1916 - Taken on Strength at Ismailia
16 March 1916 - Proceeded to join B.E.F from Alexandria
21 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles
18 April 1916 - Slightly wounded (shoulder)
19 April 1916 - Admitted to hospital, wpimds and influenza
25 April 1916 - Returned to duty
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Thomas and Helena Anderson, of Welshpool, Western Australia. Brother of 3003 Sergeant Hartley Mounsie Anderson, Australian Postal Corps; 3755 Sergeant William Henry Anderson, 51 Btn, returned to Australia 10 December 1918
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
'He was a noble son and very industrious, gave up all of his earnings to his mother, he being chief support of his mother and four younger brothers, and his death came as a painful shock. He was our hero.' (details from mother on Roll of Honour Circular)