ANDERSON, James Alexander
Service Number: | N38085 |
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Enlisted: | 5 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Granville, New South Wales, Australia , 11 April 1916 |
Home Town: | Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Injuries from accidental bomb explosion, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row 8. Grave 4 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial |
World War 1 Service
5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N38085, 4 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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World War 2 Service
15 Mar 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N38085, 4 Infantry Battalion AMF, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Killed in a training accident |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
N38085 Private James Alexander ANDERSON (1921-43)
James Anderson had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit. See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)
He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora.They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.
The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943. The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.