Robert ANDERSON

ANDERSON, Robert

    Service Number: 275
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Born: Not yet discovered
    Home Town: McKinlay, McKinlay, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 275, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
    22 Feb 1900: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472 notes promoted to Corporal 22 Feb 1900.
    1 Mar 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 275, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
    8 Mar 1901: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472 notes promoted to Sergeant 8 Mar 1901.
    9 May 1901: Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510 notes joined 6th QIB from 3rd QMI while still in South Africa as a Lieutenant (Supernumerary).

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    Robert Anderson served twice in the South African (Boer War). First service was as a Private (rising in rank to Corporal then Sergeant) S.N. 275 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. He remained in South Africa when the 3rd QMI embarked to return to Australia for his second service joining the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen in South Africa as a Lieutenant (Supernumerary). (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll p. 472 and 510).

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