William Elliott (Paddy) ANDERSON

ANDERSON, William Elliott

Service Number: SX7495
Enlisted: 2 July 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Belfast, Ireland, 6 February 1910
Home Town: Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 3 August 1941, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Plot 4, Row P, Grave 4 Roll of Honour Port Augusta, Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Augusta District WW2 Honour Board, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda
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World War 2 Service

2 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, SX7495, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX7495, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

2/43 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of William Elliott Anderson and Mary Anderson; Husband of Sylvia Doreen Anderson, of Port Augusta, South Australia