Thomas ANDERSON

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Service Number:	806
Enlisted:	11 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Shields, Northumberland, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk and paperhanger
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 25 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 806, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 806, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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38 Battalion

Rank - Corporal

26 February 1916 Appointed Acting Corporal.

1 May 1916 Rank of Corporal confirmed,

20 June 1916 Embarked Melbourne

10 August 1916 Disembarked Plymouth, England,

22 November 1916 Proceeded overseas to France,

Killed in action, 7-9 June 1917, Battle of Messines, Belgium, near Bethleen Farm. Body removed; no burial report.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Force, England, for 8 years.

Husband of Ethel May Anderson, 711 Drummond Street, North Carlton, Victoria