Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Argyllshire’ A8 for England 9.11.1916.
Rank Private.
Roll Unit 17th Reinforcement, 28th Battalion.
Anderson disembarked with the 28th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement at Devonport, England and marched in to the 7th Training Battalion at Rollestone. He was admitted sick to Hospital 17.2.1917. He was hospitalised 2.4.1917 and with scabies in 2.7.1917. The 28th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement proceeded to the Somme in France 14.6.1917. They were taken on Strength 3.7.1917 and fought at the 3rd Battle of Ypres near Zonnebeke and at Passchendaele.
Anderson was KIA 4.10.1917 at Broodseinde Ridge near Zonnebeke (Australian War Memorial Red Cross File). He was Buried Tyne Cot British Cemetery, Plot 27, Row F, Grave 16.
His name is Commemorated at the Menin Gate War Memorial, Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium.
Final Rank Private, 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos  HMAT 'Argyllshire.' Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P10581.002
              Zonnebeke, First Battle of Passchendaele. Photographer unknown, photographer sourced AWM E01200
              Menin Gate War Memorial 1938. Secured by Captain James Murphy of the British War Graves Commission. Photograph source AWM H16916

Information Source
AWM P10581.002. HMAT 'Argyllshire.' Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E01200. Zonnebeke, First Battle of Passchendaele. Photographer unknown, photographer sourced  from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H16916. Menin Gate War Memorial 1938. Secured by Captain James Murphy of the British War Graves Commission. Photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll- Maxwell Harcourt Anderson
Australian War Memorial Red Cross File- Maxwell Harcourt Anderson
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour- Maxwell Harcourt Anderson
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Anderson M H

Caversham near Guildford, WA.

 

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