ANDERSON, Cuthbert John Stephen
| Service Number: | 803 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Roman Catholic Schools, Auburn & Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman & Boundary Rider |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, 41st Stationary Hospital, Amiens, France, 29 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot XIIIA, Row BB, Grave 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 803, 17 Infantry Battalion AMF, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 803, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 803, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 29 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 803, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 803 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-11-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cuthbert John Stephen ANDERSON was born in Scone, NSW in 1888
His parents were Philip Cuthbert ANDERSON & Flora Jessie Colquhoun KENNEDY who married in Scone in 1887
He married Sylvia Grave BENNETT in Sydney in 1914 - one child Albert
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 3rd February, 1915 & embarked with the 17th Infantry Battalion, C Company from Sydney on the HMAT Themistocles on 12th May, 1915
Cuthbert died on 29th November, 1918 in the 41st Stationary Hospital in Amiens, France of broncho pneumonia and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Hospital
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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