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Robert Anderson (Australian general)

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In 1915, Anderson provided advice on the re-organisation of the paymaster's branch of the Defence Department, struggling to cope with the expansion of the military as a result of the war, and which was subsequently implemented by the Minister of Defence,
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in 1916, he relocated to London as commander of the Australian Administrative Headquarters. Within a few months, he had re-negotiated the supply and accounting arrangements then in place with the War Office for maintaining and supplying the AIF.
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Anderson later worked in local government from 1897 to 1900, firstly as Sydney's treasurer and then as town clerk. He then turned his hand to commerce and entered partnership in
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and successfully improved supply arrangements and established rest camps for soldiers on leave. When the AIF shifted to the
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Anderson's work in this capacity was such that by the end of the year, he had been promoted to
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in relation to financial and commercial matters. He was also an advisor to the
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in April 1894, he resigned his commission although remained in the reserves.
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Late that year, Anderson was appointed deputy quartermaster general of the
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Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Anderson was a member of the militia, having been commissioned as a
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918
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Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson

Sydney
Double Bay
New South Wales
Australian Army
Brigadier General
First World War
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of the Nile
Brigadier General
KCMG
Sydney
Australian Army
London
Australian Imperial Force
First World War
Sydney
Sydney Grammar School
Bank of New Zealand
second lieutenant
lieutenant
captain
Allen Taylor & Company
George Pearce
Australian Imperial Force
colonel
Western Front
brigadier general

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