Studio portrait of 2560 Corporal (Cpl) David Samuel Anderson, 54th Battalion. A jeweller from ...

Studio portrait of 2560 Corporal (Cpl) David Samuel Anderson, 54th Battalion. A jeweller from Randwick, NSW prior to enlistment, Cpl Anderson embarked with the rank of Private with the 8th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion from Sydney on HMAT Runic on 9 August 1915. After serving at Gallipoli, he transferred to the 54th Battalion with the rank of Corporal. Later promoted to Sergeant, he was initially posted as missing in action at Fromelles, France, however a subsequent Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action on 19 July 1916. In 2008 a burial ground containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers was located at Pheasant Wood, France. The soldiers died during the Battle of Fromelles on the night of 19-20 July 1916 and were buried by German troops. In 2010 all of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six Australians had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Since then other Australians, including Sgt Anderson, have been identified.