| Unit |
3rd Field Co. Aust.
Engineers |
Rank |
Sapper |
Service no. |
152 |
| Date of Death |
24 July 1915 |
Place of Death |
Anzac Beach |
Age
|
23 |
| Cemetery |
Beach |
Details |
II. C. 3. |
| Epitaph |
Lead kindly
light. Lead thou me on |
| |
|
| Next of Kin |
(Mother) ANDERSON J F C |
| Parents |
John
Fortesque and Florence Emily ANDERSON |
4 Yarra St,
South Yarra VIC |
| Date of Birth |
13 June 1892 |
Place of birth |
Kew, Victoria, Australia |
Source |
VIC B,D&M |
| |
|
| General |
He was detailed on 24
July 1915 with several other men for fatigue duty. This consisted
of conveying water from the beach. He was left to guard water-cans
until evening but whilst there was killed outright by a shell. He
was buried in a single grave with a cross just above Royal Engineers
Store on the Anzac Beach. Several other members of the same
company were buried alongside. Source: Army
service papers (Series B2455), National Archives of Australia (source
8) |
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|
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Other Sources |
|
 |
Photo |
- The Argus newspaper, 17 August 1915, page 5
(source
42)
|
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|
Photo |
The Australasian
newspaper, 28 August 1915, page iii (source 31) |
|
|
Photo |
All-Australia Memorial: a
historical record of national effort during the Great War:
Australia's roll of honour: history, heroes and helpers, page 41
(source 81) |
 |
Newspaper article |
The Argus Newspaper,
12 August 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
 |
Family details |
|
 |
Notes |
All-Australia Memorial: a
historical record of national effort during the Great War:
Australia's roll of honour: history, heroes and helpers, page 41
(source 81) |
 |
Various |
1DRL/0038, Australian War
Memorial collection (source 7) |
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