Archibald Sylvester ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, Archibald Sylvester

Service Number:	SX18612
Enlisted:	22 June 1942, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echunga, South Australia, 30 December 1912
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 20 January 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Grave reference A8 B 14,
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echunga War Memorial, Mount Barker War Memorial

World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX18612, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
20 Jan 1943:	Involvement Private, SX18612, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Archibald Sylvester ANDERSON was born on 30th December 1917 in Echunga, South Australia

His father was Joseph ANDERSON and his mother was Alice Gertrude WOOLGATE

He married Jean BEARD on 22nd July, 1933 in Christ Church Mount Barker

Archibald is honoured at the Australian War Memorial and St Marys Church of England Cemetery in Echunga, South Australia

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