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William Frederick Titchenor Anderson

Personal details

Date of birth Tuesday 30 November 1886
Mother's name Margaret Anderson (nee Newberry)
Father's name James Henry Anderson
Date of death Wednesday 13 January 1937
Place of death Cessnock NSW

Service details

Date enlisted Friday 4 February 1916
Rank at enlistment Private
Rank at discharge Private
Service Infantry
Unit 5th Reinforcement
Company 55th Battalion
Awards British War Medal , Victory Medal

Story

William Frederick Titchenor Anderson (Service No 2370) enlisted in Goulburn, NSW on 4 February 1921 when he was 29 years old. On his enlistment documents William nominated hismother Margaret who livedat Kiama as his next of kin.

William embarked for the Western Front with the 55th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement, from Sydney, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916.

Williamwas wounded in the Somme in France on the 2nd of April 1917 sustaining severe fracturesfroma gunshot wound to the thigh and legs.

Shortly afterwards he wasdischarged from the army returning to Australia in July 1917.

William marriedLillie May Whitton in 1921. William died in 1937 andis buried in Cessnock Cemetery.

Information sources

NAA: B2455, ANDERSON W F

Related links

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=5476

https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R2006716/