ANDERSON, Lewis Richard Wallace
| Service Number: | 5970 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Auburn, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, 2 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hanover Street School, Aberdeen |
| Occupation: | Seaman, Fitters mate |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 February 1917, aged 26 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
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5970, 13th Infantry Battalion, Auburn, Sydney | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5970, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5970, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5970, 13th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Lewis Richard Wallace ANDERSON was born on 2nd February, 1891 in Aberdeen, Scotland
His parents were Richard & Margaret ANDERSON
Lewis arrived in Sydney on 9th January, 1912 on the ship Chiltonford
Before enlisting for WW1 he worked at Meggitts store in Parramatta & lived in the nearby suburb of Auburn, Sydney. His Mother Margaret was living at 27 Urqhuart Road, Aberdeen at the time.
He enlisted at Auburn NSW on 2nd March, 1916 - he was with the 13th Infantry Battalion, 19th reinforcements which embarked from Sydney on 22nd August, 1916 on the HMAT Wiltshire
Lewis was Killed in Action on 4th February, 1917 in Gueudecourt , France and has no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France and the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the British War Medal
Lewis is mentioned in a letter that Private Charlie V Carr sent to his Mother on 12th February, 1917
"Just a few lines to let you know how I am getting on. We have just left the trenches after some of the hardest fighting in the history of this battalion and I am sorry to say that we lost two Parramatta boys in the fight and they were two of the gamest that I have ever seen. The other lad was one of Meggitts employees. I mentioned his name in one of my last letter, Louie Anderson. He is fairly well known in Parramatta and was a very nice lad. Some of the lads in his company told me that he was one of the first that went out in his company."
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