ANDERSON N.E.

ANDERSON N.E.

Given Names: Nairne Elder

Service Number: 6456

Unit: 7th Battalion, 21st reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number: 173484

Age: 23 Yrs

Occupation: Student

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 10 In

Weight: 142 Lbs

Chest: 32-36 In

Hair: Black

Eyes: Blue

Complexion: Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 2/5/1916

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER Rev Joseph Ringland Anderson

2 Highbury Grove, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 2/10/1916

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Marathon

Embarked: 19/4/1919

Disembarked: 7/6/1919

Unit: 2nd Field Ambulance

Rank: Private

Discharge Date: 16/7/1919

Place: Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Not earned

British War Medal: 58362

Victory Medal: 54000

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 1892

Place: Penshurst Victoria

Father: Josephn Ringland ANDERSON

Mother: Annie Love ELDER

MARRIAGE

Year: 1935

Place:

Spouse: Ellen Florence RILEY

DEATH

Date or Year: 12/12/1966

Place: Romsey, Victoria

Burial: Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Accidentally wounded 25/10/1917; bullet wound buttock

Invalided to England through injury Dec 1918