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Pte. David Johannes Gottfried Anderson
Australian Imperial Force 4th Machine Gun Coy.
from:Denmark
My grandfather, David Anderson, was born on the 2nd of July 1889 in Ronne, Bornholme in Denmark. He was naturalized as an Australian on 28th January 1915 at Hobart and joined the 4th Machine Gun Corps late 8/16th Battalion. On 26th of August 1915 he boarded the ship RMS Morea and departed from Adelaide.
He served in the war as a machine gunner and was injured several times on different occasions. He was retired as medically unfit due to gun-shot wounds to his right leg whilst on active duty. He served for three years and 2 days (138 days). He signed off at Keswick Barracks in South Australia on 22nd of April 1918 at the age of 25 years from 4th Machine Gun Company. He received the 1914 -1915 Star, The British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He passed away in 1957 at the age of 67.

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