ANDERSON, James Sinclair Standish
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 11 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Armidale School, Sydney University and Oxford University |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Natural causes, 'Newstead', Constantia, Capetown, South Africa, 9 July 1961, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 23 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 19 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Honoured Military Cross, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 19 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Brigade Major, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Brigade Major, 12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Brigade Major, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
| 31 Dec 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 23 May 1919: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Valuable services as Brigade Major in 3rd Infantry Brigade, 15th March to 16th September 1918 | |
| 27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Demobilised in London |
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From Alumni Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Australia
Patrick Sinclair Anderson and and his younger brother, James Anderson
Two of five sons of John A. Anderson and his wife Mary, of Newstead South Station, Inverell, New South Wales
James enlisted in Sydney in September 1914 and was appointed Second Lieutenant. He transferred to the 56th Battalion and in 1917 was Brigade Major of the 16th Battalion. He served in Egypt and France. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1915; mentioned in Despatches in 1916, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919. James was demobilized in England in July 1919 and returned to Australia
Patrick was educated at The Armidale School and attended the School of Mines in Ballarat. Worked as an engineer for several years before returning to Newstead to work with his father.
Enlisted in October 1914 and was also a Second Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion. He was badly wounded at Gallipoli on 26 April 1915, gunshot wounds to the abdomen, and evacuated to 15th General Hospital at Alexandria where he died on noon 30th April 1915. Patrick was buried at Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria.
In November 1915, the London Gazette listed Patrick as Mentioned in Despatches for conspicuous service. He was the first Old Boy of The Armidale School to be killed in the war
Lest We Forget
From https://heuristplus.sydney.edu.au/heurist
D.S.O., M.C., Ph.D., B.Sc. (Oxon.); Sci. I l l : Major, 12th, 16th and 3rd Brigades, A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt, France and England. Enlisting in August, 1914, and sailing 19th October as lieutenant, served in Egypt as Orderly Officer 1st Brigade, and at Gallipoli from the Landing to the Evacuation, being Staff Captain 1st Brigade from 1 6th May and attached to H.Q., Anzac Corps, for Staff Duties 29th November. Transferring to 56th Battn. on formation at Tel-el-Kebir, 13th February, 1916, was promoted major in June and served at Fromelles in July and as instructor at Etaples in November. Rejoining battn. 7th January, 1917, was in command of 54th Battn. for a few weeks, appointed Brigade Major 12th Brigade, 1st March, and later in the month sent as Brigade Major to H.Q. of newly formed 16th Brigade in England. When 6th Division was disbanded late in 1917, attended short staff course at Cambridge and, returning to France in December, served from January to March, 1918, on staffs of 15th and 14th Brigades. In April was appointed Brigade Major 3rd Division and later attached to 32nd U.S.A. Division, being demobilised in England. Awarded D.S.O. 1st January, 1919, M.C. 1st January, 1916, and Mentioned in Despatches. A.M.F.: Subaltern, N.S.W. Scottish Rifles. Director of Chemical Research, Indian Army Dept., Rawalpindi, 1929-. Early education at The Armidale School.
Biography contributed by Michael Silver
JAMES SINCLAIR STANDISH ANDERSON D.S.O., M.C., Ph.D., B.Sc. (Oxon.) ; Sci. I II : Major, 12th, 16th and 3rd Brigades, A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt, France and England.
Enlisting in August, 1914, and sailing 19th October as lieutenant, served in Egypt as Orderly Officer ist Brigade, and at Gallipoli from the Landing to the Evacuation, being Staff Captain ist Brigade from 1 6th May and attached to H.Q., Anzac Corps, for Staff Duties 29th November.
Transferring to 56th Battn. on formation at Tel-el-Kebir, 13th February, 1916, was promoted major in June and served at Fromelles in July and as instructor at Etaples in November. Rejoining battn. 7th January, 1917, was in command of 54th Battn. for a few weeks, appointed Brigade Major 12th Brigade, 1st March, and later in the month sent as Brigade Major to H.Q. of newly formed 16th Brigade in England. When 6th Division was disbanded late in 1917, attended short staff course at Cambridge and, returning to France in December, served from January to March, 1918, on staffs of 15th and 14th Brigades.
In April 1918 was appointed Brigade Major 3rd Division and later attached to 32nd U.S.A. Division, being demobilised in England. Awarded D.S.O. ist January, 1919,
M.C. ist January, 1916, and Mentioned in Despatches.
A .M .F.: Subaltern, N.S.W. Scottish Rifles.
Director of Chemical Research, Indian Army Dept., Rawalpindi,
1929-.
Early education at The Armidale School
Source: Beyond 1914 - The University of Sydney and The Great War
https://heuristplus.sydney.edu.au/heurist/?db=ExpertNation&ll=Beyond1914#
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