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Warren Melville Anderson

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379:'s Branch until May 1928, then as a general staff officer in charge of Training, based at Army Headquarters until January 1932. He served as brigade major in the 3rd Cavalry Brigade between February and August 1932, finally receiving promotion to the rank of 40: 366:
on 30 September, and subsequently serving as a staff officer in the 1st Cavalry Division from May 1921, and then in the 2nd Division from August 1922. Between December 1922 and December 1924 he served as the Brigade Major of the
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in February/March and August. From September 1944 until the end of the war in August 1945 he was attached as brigadier in charge of administration to the
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on 1 September 1932. He then served as a temporary staff officer in the 2nd Cavalry Division, before becoming brigade major in the 5th and then the
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until January 1942. After a brief term as director of military training in early 1942, he returned to staff duties with the rank of
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on 21 December 1914, and arrived in Egypt on 1 February 1915. After serving as infantry in the
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between May and December 1915, the light horsemen were stationed in Egypt as part of the
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Following the outbreak of the First World War, Anderson and his squadron sailed from
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of India, returning to Australia on 8 January 1940 to join the staff of the
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and Second Member of the Military Board until he retired with the rank of
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The eldest son of Marsham Ambrose Anderson, Warren was born in
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Anderson married Violet Clark in 1928. He died at his home in
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until August 1944, with two brief periods as acting
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Between March 1939 and January 1940 Anderson served
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Warren Anderson

Northern Territory Force
Singleton, New South Wales
Darling Point, New South Wales
Australian Army
Major General
Service number
First World War
Second World War
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Alma mater
Royal Military College, Duntroon
Major General
CBE
DSO
general officer
Australian Army
First
Second World Wars
Singleton, New South Wales
Royal Military College, Duntroon
lieutenant
6th Light Horse Regiment
Sydney
HMAT (A29) Suevic
Gallipoli Campaign
ANZAC Mounted Division

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