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Tuesday, 7 August 2007

8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Arthur Andreas Anderson
Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR

8th LHR, AIF

8th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Roll of Honour

Arthur Andreas Anderson

Arthur Andreas Anderson's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial

Arthur Andreas Anderson

Service number: 801

Rank: Trooper [Tpr]

Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of death: 7 August 1915

Cause of death: Killed in action

Cemetery or memorial details: GALLIPOLI 29. Ari Burnu Cemetery Anzac

War Grave Register notes: ANDERSON, Tpr. Arthur Andreas, 801. 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Son of Martin and Elizabeth S. Anderson. Native of Vermont, Victoria, Australia. I. 8.

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.

A brief military biography of Arthur Andreas Anderson from The AIF Project:

Regimental number	801
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Farrier
Address	Vermont PO, Vermont, Victoria
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	21
Next of kin	Father, Martin Anderson, Vermont PO, Vermont, Victoria
Enlistment date	21 September 1914
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	8th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number	10/13/2
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 13 April 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll	Private
Unit from Nominal Roll	8th Light Horse Regiment
Fate	Killed in Action 7 August 1915
Place of burial	Ari Burnu Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 8), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial	6
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: Martin and Elizabeth ANDERSON. native of Vermont, Victoria
Family/military connections	Brothers: 5030 Corporal David Christopher ANDERSON, MM, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919; 2572 Pte Frederick Martin ANDERSON, MM, 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 7 July 1919.

Lest we forget

Further Reading:

8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF

8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915

Gallipoli Campaign

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Arthur Andreas Anderson

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