ANDERSON, John Austin
| Service Number: | 476 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School No 2103, Urquhart Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 July 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot 1, Row C, Grave 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat City Fire Brigade WWI Honor Roll, Ballarat Lodge No 114 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476, Mining Corps, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 476 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-01 |
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1 Mining Corps
Rank - Sergeant/Sapper
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Volunteer Cadet Corps, Ballarat, Victoria.
Son of Daniel William and Elizabeth Jane Anderson; Husband of Ethel Maude Anderson, of 312, Ripon Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
One of Ballarat's white-haired boys, John Austin Anderson, who was a sergeant in the A.I.F., has been bowled over for good in France. "Sol" Anderson was a fine specimen of athletic manhood, and at the last Warrnambool Fire Brigades' demonstration was a member of the Champion Four. It is said that "Sol" could sniff smoke three miles to windward of a fire, which accounted for him being early on hand, as a brigade member, at every blaze in Ballarat for years past. Before he left Victoria he said he would try and send his friends some keepsakes from the front — a few Huns' scalps for choice if they would pass the censor.