He enlisted in the AIF on 14/6/1915, aged 21y 6m; he was the son of John Finley & Barbara Anderson. He was wounded in action in France on 19/4/1918. He returned to Australia on 24/10/1918 and admitted to the No. 11 Australian General Army Hospital, Caulfield, Vic. He died aged 24 years.
7th Battalion - Service No. 2555
Father: John Finlay Anderson
Mother: Barbara Jane Anderson geb Lyons
Portrait of R Anderson copied for the Cobram Honour Roll. The soldier is 2555 Private (Pte) Roy Anderson, a hairdresser from Cobram, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Pte Anderson embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 26 August 1915. During his service Anderson achieved the rank of Lieutenant. In April 1918 he received gunshot wounds to the head and back. He partially recovered and returned to Australia on 24 August 1918. Roy Anderson died of complications from his wounds at the Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, on 14 January 1919.
War Service Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
7th Battalion - Service No. 2555
Father: John Finlay Anderson
Mother: Barbara Jane Anderson geb Lyons
Portrait of R Anderson copied for the Cobram Honour Roll. The soldier is 2555 Private (Pte) Roy Anderson, a hairdresser from Cobram, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Pte Anderson embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 26 August 1915. During his service Anderson achieved the rank of Lieutenant. In April 1918 he received gunshot wounds to the head and back. He partially recovered and returned to Australia on 24 August 1918. Roy Anderson died of complications from his wounds at the Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, on 14 January 1919.
War Service Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He enlisted in the AIF on 14/6/1915, aged 21y 6m; he was the son of John Finley & Barbara Anderson. He was wounded in action in France on 19/4/1918. He returned to Australia on 24/10/1918 and admitted to the No. 11 Australian General Army Hospital, Caulfield, Vic. He died aged 24 years.
7th Battalion - Service No. 2555
Father: John Finlay Anderson
Mother: Barbara Jane Anderson geb Lyons
Portrait of R Anderson copied for the Cobram Honour Roll. The soldier is 2555 Private (Pte) Roy Anderson, a hairdresser from Cobram, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Pte Anderson embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 26 August 1915. During his service Anderson achieved the rank of Lieutenant. In April 1918 he received gunshot wounds to the head and back. He partially recovered and returned to Australia on 24 August 1918. Roy Anderson died of complications from his wounds at the Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, on 14 January 1919.
War Service Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
7th Battalion - Service No. 2555
Father: John Finlay Anderson
Mother: Barbara Jane Anderson geb Lyons
Portrait of R Anderson copied for the Cobram Honour Roll. The soldier is 2555 Private (Pte) Roy Anderson, a hairdresser from Cobram, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Pte Anderson embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 26 August 1915. During his service Anderson achieved the rank of Lieutenant. In April 1918 he received gunshot wounds to the head and back. He partially recovered and returned to Australia on 24 August 1918. Roy Anderson died of complications from his wounds at the Caulfield Military Hospital, Melbourne, on 14 January 1919.
War Service Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
