Albert Mannall Anderson

Service number: 4653

Rank: Private

Unit: 17th Battalion

Service: Australian Army

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Albert Mannall Anderson was born in Balmain Sydney. He was 22 years and 3 months when enlisting in the Australian Army on the 3rd January 1916. He was a Bookbinder by trade. Albert’s father Walter Anderson lived at 2A Smith Street Manly with his wife Isabel Charlotte Anderson.

Albert left Australia for service on the 14th April 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal then stripped of this when a Court Martial was issued for absenting himself without leave from 27 July 1918 to 26 August 1918.

He returned to Australia on the Plassydis embarking on 30thOctober 1919 and discharged on the 7th December 1919.