ANDERSEN, Edgar Anton
| Service Numbers: | QX29381, QX29381 |
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| 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 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Craftsman, QX29381 | |
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| 26 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Craftsman, QX29381, 17 Field Regiment AMF |
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Add my storyBiography 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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