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Thomas Bailey ANDERSON

Regimental number7087
Place of birthDelaware, USA
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressPetersburg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 5.5"
Weight170 lbs
Next of kinMrs H M Anderson, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 December 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 1 August 1919
Discharge date10 November 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 1 April 1916; disembarked Egypt, 3 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 28 May 1916; disembarked England (date not recorded).

Proceeded overseas to France, 16 August 1916; taken on strength, 3rd Field Company Engineers, 3 September 1916.

Admitted to 45th Casualty Clearing Station, 31 January 1917 (debility); transferred to Ambulance Train No 21, 6 February 1917; to 13th Stationary Hospital, 7 February 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, 11 February 1917 (debility); to Base Depot, Etaples, 1 March 1917.

Admitted to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 30 September 1917 (gonorrhoea); transferred to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 3 October 1917; discharged to Base Details, 9 December 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 72 days.

Rejoined unit from hospital, 19 December 1917.

Proceeded to England for Non-Military Employment, 28 March 1919.

Granted leave, 29 March-29 June 1919 (Non-Military Employment, pay only: building, with W.E. Chivers & Sons, Devizes, Wiltshire).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Argylshire', 1 August 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 18 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 10 November 1919.

War service: Western Front
Date of death28 April 1926
Age at death51
Place of burialAIF Cemetery (Row 8 West, Grave 8), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANDERSON Thomas Bailey

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