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Kenneth Primrose Anderson

Personal details

Date of birth Saturday 8 August 1896
Mother's name Sarah Emily Anderson (nee Fuller)
Father's name Thomas Primrose Anderson
Date of death Wednesday 16 March 1988
Place of death Canberra ACT
Cause of death -

Service details

Date enlisted Tuesday 19 September 1916
Rank at enlistment Private
Rank at discharge Driver
Service Artillery
Unit 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Awards British War Medal , Victory Medal , 1914/15 Star

Story

Kenneth Primrose Anderson (Service No 31999) was born at Kiama, NSW His grandparents were George Laurence Fuller and Sarah Cunningham Miller of Dunmore House, Dunmore, NSW

Kenneth enlisted on the 19th of September 1916 at the Showground Camp in Sydney, and because he was only 20 years of age, and therefore underage, his mother, Sarah Emily Anderson, also of Dunmore, wrote a letter (dated 5 September 1916) giving Kenneth permission to enlist. Sarah was also listed as Kenneth's next of kin.

Kenneth's occupation at the time of his enlistment was farm manager, and he was a single man.

He embarked with his Unit from Sydney on 10 February 1917 on RMS Osterley. He served on the Western Front in France.

Kenneth returned to Australia on 20 June 1919.

Information sources

Australian War Memorial
AIF Project
NAA: ANDERSON K P

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1977668&isAv=N

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=5104

https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1785763/