Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

03/11/1914

Place of Enlistment

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

18/06/1895

Place of Birth

Launching Place, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

School(s) Attended

Melbourne University

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Mrs. L. Badham (mother), Wahroonga NSW

Burial Place

Gallipoli Ari Burnu Cemetery, plot 1, row G, grave 13

Final Rank

Lieutenant

Final Unit

8 Light Horse Regiment AIF

Died on 7 August 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey

AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 6, Canberra ACT

Anderson entered the Royal Military College on 7 March 1912 and was a member of the Honour Guard at the naming ceremony in Canberra on 12 March 1913. His class was graduated early on 2 November 1914 and he joined the 8th Light Horse Regiment the following day as a Lieutenant, landing on Gallipoli on 21 May 1915. He was in the first line of light horsemen in the charge on The Nek, Walkers Ridge on 7 August 1915 during which he was mortally wounded. He died later in hospital on the beach at Anzac Cove.

Description - height 5 feet 5¾ inches, weight 140 pounds, chest 32-35 inches.

Charles Bean, 'Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18' (Vol. II, p.623)
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
AWM Roll of Honour Database
AWM Collections Record: H12611
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Stories from the ACT Memorial, 'The Honour Guard at the Canberra Commencement Ceremony', ACT Heritage Library http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/stories_from_the_act_memorial/honour_guard_at_canberra_commencement_ceremony_1913