Walter Andrew ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, Walter Andrew

Service Number:	489
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 19 October 1878
Home Town:	West End, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland Australia, 4 December 1920, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West End (Old Townsville) Cemetery, Qld Plot: Sect A Row 15
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 489, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 489, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 489, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Walter Andrew Anderson enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother, Ashton's Estate, Townsville. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 Pt. 2 p. 3, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. Anderson, Ashton's Estate, West End, Townsville.

Walter Andrew Anderson was born on 19 Oct 1878 in Queensland, a son to Alfred Joseph Anderson and Margaret Hannah Anderson (nee Chadwick). He married Ethel Roe on 16 Feb 1906 in Queensland and they had 3 children while living in Townsville.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3, Pt. 2 p. 3).

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