ANDERSON, Edward Handfield
| Service Numbers: | 3230, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Jolimont, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Teller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3230, Depot Battalion , Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3230, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3230, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S from 8th Infantry Battalion. | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kalyan" | |
| 24 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Disembark, Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Son of Edward and Florence Anderson, of 32, Jolimont Terrace, Jolimont, Victoria.
An Officer's Memorial.
At Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne, on Wednesday evening, at the evening service conducted by the vicar. Rev. B.W.White, a brass altar cross was consecrated by Rev. Canon Alfred Wheeler (Vicar at All Saints Newtown 1909-1937) in memory of the late Edward Handfield Anderson; second lieutenant, 57th Battalion, A.I.F., who was killed in action at Fleurbaix on 19th July, 1916. The last heard of Lieutenant Anderson was in a statement by Private C.J. Reid, 4571, of the same battalion, Who states : — 'Near Armentieres Lieutenant Anderson was wounded, and afterwards he went out to No Man's Land three times, and brought back wounded men. The third time he was again wounded, and he persisted in going out a fourth time, though the men tried their best to persuade liim not to do so. However, he did go out and was killed by machine gun fire. He fell in No Man's Land, and was left there, as it was impossible to get him. About a fortnight before this engagement, 'Gertie,' as his men called him, was kicked on the jaw by a horse, and had a bad face.' His brother, Captain W. H. Anderson, flight commander, A.F.C., is now in France with his squadron. Lieutenant Anderson, who was an Old Melburnian and also an old choir boy of St. Paul's Cathedral, was eldest son of Mr. Edward Anderson, of Jolimont, and grandson of the late Mr. W. H. Handfield.
DIED ON SERVICE.
ANDERSON.—On the 20th July, 1916, killed in action in France (previously reported missing), Edward Handfield Anderson, 2nd Lieutenant A.I.F., beloved eldest son of Edward and Florence Anderson, Jolimont Terrace, Jolimont, aged 30 years.
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