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Angus G. Loader

Private

8th Light Horse Regiment

Medals Earned

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Tree Information

  • Species: Quercus Palustris
  • Planted By: L. Raworth
  • Plaque: 1790

Additional Info

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Biography

Born in Miners Rest, Victoria, Angus Gordon Loader was a single 22 year old farmer at the time of his enlistment in Ballarat on the 24th of July 1915. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A43 Barunga on the 7th of April 1916.
Angus returned to Australia on the 29th of September 1916 and was discharged as medically unfit on the 2nd of December 1916.

Tree No. 1790

Location in Ballarat Avenue of Honour