1153 Pte. Carl Hugo Anderson Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. from:70 Marion St, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW Carl Anderson was born in Horrkoping Sweden, he was 36 years old, married and working as a fireman in Sydney when he enlisted in the AIF in November 1916. He is described as being 5'6" tall with brown hair and brown eyes, he had a tattoo of a lady on his left forearm and a vase of flowers on his right. Carl arrived in England at the end of January 1917 and undertook training at Sutton Mandeville and Larkhill before proceeding to France on the 25th June 1917. He joined the 33rd Battalion on the 20th July 1917. After three months in action he was admitted to hospital suffering from Trench foot and was transferred to England for treatment at the 1st Western General Hospital. Carl returned to the front on 16th March 1918 and was Killed in Action on the 30th near Fouilloy, he now lies in the Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery.
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