ANDERSON, Headley Eugene
| Service Numbers: | 26098, N172500 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 4 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Student |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Jul 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 26098, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Jul 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 26098, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N172500 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
H. E. ANDERSON enlisted in February and embarked as Gunner in 1st F.A. Brigade Reinforcements on 1st August 1916. He arrived in
France in January 1917, and was thereupon transferred to 105th Howitzer Battery 5th F.A. Brigade.
He took part in the evacuation by the Germans of the Somme area at the beginning of 1917, in the Battles of Lagnicourt in April, Bullecourt in May, and subsequent actions on that front, also the Battles of Menin Road and Polygon Wood in the Ypres offensive.
On 25th September 1917 at Polygon Wood he was gassed and went to hospital until January 1918.
He was then invalided to Australia, where he arrived at the end of June and was discharged on 19th July 1918.
Enlisted in WWII N172500