ANDERSON, Alexander
| Service Number: | Q200654 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Clydebank, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, 30 June 1903 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Clydebank Elementary School, Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 July 1999, aged 96 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Oct 1942: | Involvement Private, Q200654, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 19 Oct 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 19 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q200654, 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 8 Jun 1945: | Discharged | |
| 8 Jun 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q200654, 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Alexander Anderson (Service No:Q200654) enlisted in the ACMF on 19 October 1942 with 1 Battalion (QLD) VDC, and was attached to 3 Battalion (QLD) VDC at Discharge on 8 June 1945.
Alex was born in Clydebank, Dumbartonshire, Scotland in 1903, and was a Fitter in Glasgow when he immigrated in 1924. Alex arrived in Brisbane on board the Jervis Bay, and worked as a Lineman before securing employment in Brisbane as a Fitter. In 1932 in Brisbane, Alex married Daphne Thelma Stevenson (b1912 in Brisbane, QLD). Alex and Daphne settled at The Gap in Brisbane, where they raised their family and Alex worked as a Fitter until retirement. Daphne died in 1984 and Alex in 1999.
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