ANDERSON, Ernest Sleeman
| Service Numbers: | Officer, NX161671 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | Hagleuden, Queensland, Australia, 15 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer and Metalurgist |
| Died: | Old age, Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 27 May 1963, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Mining Corps | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, Mining Corps | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 11 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, Mining Corps | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, Battle of Messines, Displaying remarkable courage at all times over two months at Messines. He successfully supervised the camouflet of an enemy charge | |
| 4 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Mining Corps |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX161671 |
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Maj Ernest Sleeman Anderson
From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
He was a Commissioned Officer
Unit Name: No. 1 Mining Corps, No. 2 Company
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Mining Engineer and Metallurgist
Address: Bishops Point, Hay, NSW
Age at Enlistment: 25 years and 9 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 15 March 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Next of Kin: Father, Ernest Augustus Anderson, Bishop of Riverina, Bishopscourt, Hay, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: 2nd Lieutenant
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on
20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Major
Unit from Nominal Roll: Mining Corps
Campaigns Served: France; Western Front
War Service/Promotions: 2nd Lieutenant 16 July 1915. Lieutenant 1 January 1916. He was promoted to Captain at the Front on 12 April 1916. Appointed Temporary Major, 10 November 1917, whilst commanding 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, when commanding officer Major James Douglas Henry was evacuated sick to England. Promotion to Major not commissioned until 1 October 1918, as no provisions had been made for position of Adjutant, or temporary ranks in the Mining Corps. He was granted leave without pay between 21 June 1919 and 28 July 1919. Also granted leave with pay between 29 July 1919 and 31 October 1919, so that he could attend Steel Works, Bolchow & Vaughan & Co., South Bank, Yorkshire, England. (It was the largest iron-making and mining company in Great Britain at time).
Fate: Returned to Australia per SS Ypiringa, 15 November 1919. Before the war he married
(1) Clara Loane Chapman, 29 July 1915, St John's Church, Corowa, NSW. They divorced in 1926. He married (2) Kathleen Lloyd King, 1941, NSW.
Place of Death: 27 May 1963, Concord Hospital, Concord, NSW
Place of Cremation: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, North Ryde, NSW
Recommendations (Medals & Awards):
Mention in Despatches, by General Sir Douglas Haig. Recommendation date: 20 June 1917. Awarded, and promulgated, London Gazette, Second Supplement No.30107 (1 June 1917); and Commonwealth Gazette No.169 (4 October 1917)
Military Cross: 10 November 1917, while commanding 1st Australian Tunnelling Co., Source: Commonwealth Gazette, No. 219, (20 December 1917); and Commonwealth Gazette, No. 57, (18 April 1918)
Medals/Citations: Military Cross; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Submitted 21 July 2019 by Evan Evans
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