ANDERSON, Richard Alfred
| Service Number: | 661 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rozelle Public School |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Work place accident, Chiswick, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1935, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C Anglican 12 1905 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 661, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 661, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 661, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Christopher Anderson, 11 Redline Street, Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales
Richard saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and France and was wounded on three occasions.
WIREWORKER'S DEATH
Following an inquiry yesterday, the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, found that Richard Alfred Anderson, 50, a wireworker, of Broughton Road, Homebush, died on June 17 from the effects of injuries accidentally received through being entangled in a loop of wire and drawn round a revolving drum at Lysaght's wlro works, Chiswick. Alfred Richard Thuaux, of Park Street, Rozelle, a galvaniser, said an effort was made to stop the drum, but it was not successful due to the fouling of the clutch by a piece of wire. Another workman ran to the control Switch and stopped the machine.
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