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Robert Anderson

Private

4th Victorian General Service Reinforcements

Medals Earned

  • British War Medal

Tree Information

  • Species: Fraxinus pennsylvanica
  • Planted By: Brig. Gen. Williams C.M.G., V.D.
  • Plaque: 3595

Additional Info

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Biography

Robert Anderson (SN 54853) born at Ballarat, was a married 38 year old horseman with three children when he enlisted at Ballarat on April 4th 1918. With the 4th General Service Reinforcements, he embarked from Sydney aboard the Orontes on June 5th bound for England, but illness forced him to disembark at Wellington, New Zealand. He returned to Australia aboard the Manuka and was discharged on December 23rd 1918 ‘medically unfit, physically overage’.

Location in Ballarat Avenue of Honour