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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 54728" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anderson</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Hall</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Commando Company</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">VX109320</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14th December 1955</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>32</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Drysdale Cemetery, Drysdale, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.06.1923, Geelong</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father John Clifton Anderson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Ella (nee Lily) Hall</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Joy Purcell of Canberra on 03.04.1948</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 children (John & Judith)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Drysdale State School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>student Geelong College 31.05.1937-12.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 2nd AIF 13.12.1944, Duntroon</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died in Plymouth, UK whilst undergoing Commando course</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-anderson.25745/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/25/25745-18b0f836ced5a7b5a75b734a1de2fc67.jpg?1591433297" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-anderson-grave.35257/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35257-014a33224499588c5869235240a4e079.jpg?1616867764" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">'Major John Hall Anderson, an Old Boy with an excellent record in school, sport and the army, died in England on December 14, 1955 when taking part in a course which was to fit him for further advancement. At school he played in the first football team for two years, rowed in the first crew, and was a prefect. Leaving College in 1941, he went on to Duntroon, where he graduated in 1944 and saw service in the islands, then with the Occupation Force in Japan, and again in action in Korea. After being stationed in Australia, he was selected to undergo a commando course in Britain. Major Anderson, who was 32 years of age, leaves a widow and two children.'</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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