ANDERSON, Henry Townsend
| Service Number: | 3595 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1879 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Unemployed Camp, Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1935, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-23SE. 54. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3595, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3595, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3595, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3595, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 2MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
85 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 13th June 1935, Private Harold (Henry) Townsend Anderson, 45th Battalion, labourer from Cowra, New South Wales and Unemployed Camp, Adamstown, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. PRESBYTERIAN-23SE. 54.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139253455
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 27th September 1879 to Edward and Elizabeth Anderson; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Anderson nee Day (married 18.2.1910, died?) of Scotia Avenue, Oberon, N.S.W., Henry enlisted January 1917 as John Stirling (service record states not married - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123517470) at Orange, N.S.W.
Harry did not receive any injuries during his war service, but was discharged as medically unfit when he returned home March 1919.
I have not located his name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Henry’s tragic death was reported.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166084363
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166080290
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139249592
Henry’s father Edward is also buried at this gravesite, but sadly Henry’s name has not been inscribed, and I am unable to erect a wooden cross, so I have placed poppies to honour his service for God, King and Country.
Lest We Forget.
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