Anderson, Robert Cairns Amos

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O.B.E., B.Sc., Eng. II : Major, 19th Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli and France. Enlisting 5th May, 1915, as second-lieutenant 19th Battn. and sailing 25th June, fought at Gallipoli till wounded 31st August and evacuated to hospital, and again on recovery from 14th October until the Evacuation. Crossing to France in March, served at Fleurbaix, Pozieres, Ypres and Flers, where wounded 14th November. On recovery, attended Staff Course, Cambridge, in January''and February, 1917, and was seconded as Staff Trainee, 1st Anzac H.Q., 24th February. Appointed Staff Captain, Q , Australian Corps H.Q., 21st March, 1918, and D.A.O.M.G. (temporary major), 1st January, 1919. Demobilised in London and entered Birmingham University in October. Promoted lieutenant, 16th July, 1915; captain, 25th July, 1916; temporary major, 1st January, 1919. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew''s College.

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1893

Anderson R.C.A. : Life.Birth 30 Apr 1893
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Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Military service as Second Lieutenant 5 May 1915
1915

Military service as Second Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey 14 October 1915
1915

Enlisted 5 May 1915
1915

Sailed 28 Jun 1915
1915

Wounded 31 Aug 1915 at Gallipoli [ Turkey ]
1916

Military service as Captain at France --, France 1 August 1916
1916

Wounded 14 Nov 1916 at France [ France ]
1917

Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1917
1918

Military service as Staff Captain 1918
1919

Military service as Temporary Major at France --, France 1 January 1919
1922

Tertiary education at Birmingham University, Birmingham, England 1922
1930

Lived at 1930 - 1965 @ Burwood [ NSW Australia ]
1965

Anderson R.C.A. : Death 31 Oct 1965

Gender

Male

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