Edgar Anton (Eddie) ANDERSEN

ANDERSEN, Edgar Anton

Service Numbers: QX29381, QX29381
Enlisted: 15 January 1942
Last Rank: Craftsman
Last Unit: 17 Field Regiment AMF
Born: Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1916
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia, 2 September 2004, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Gympie Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

15 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, QX29381
26 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, QX29381, 17 Field Regiment AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Edgar (Eddie) was the fourth of eight children of Aldfrit Anton Andersen (born 1889 in Pialba, QLD) and Eileen Scott (born 1893 in Gympie, QLD). Eddie married Thora May Veal (born 1915 in Gympie, QLD) and was living in Wynnum, QLD and working as a Storeman when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1943. Eddie was a Craftsman (Service No: QX29381) with 17 Field Regiment. His brothers Desmond Noel (Service No: QX35961/Q101619) and Arnold Niel (Service No: QX27920) also served in WWII

Following his Discharge in November 1945, Eddie and Thora lived in Sherwood in Brisbane, QLD where Eddie worked as a Labourer. In the early 1960s the family moved to Coorparoo in Brisbane, QLD and Eddie worked as a Baker until his retirement. He and Thora then moved to Gympie, QLD where Eddie died in 2004

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