Collection related to the service of 442 Andrew Arthur Anderson, 12th Battalion

Place Europe: France, Haute-Normandie, Seine Maritime, Rouen
Accession Number AWM2022.872.1.2
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Place made France: Haute-Normandie, Seine Maritime, Rouen
Date made 1915-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of the New Zealand rugby team based in Australian Headquaters in Rouen, France. From a collection related to the service of 442 Sergeant Andrew Arthur Anderson, 12th Battalion. Anderson enlisted in Randwick NSW, on 22 August 1914. He received a gun shot wound to the right shoulder at Gallipoli on 16 June 1915. Anderson worked in 3rd Echelon records office at Australian Headquarters located in Rouen France 1915 to 1918. He played rugby for the Australian team in Rouen against the New Zealanders. While overseas, he married a French milliner, Louise Charlotte, who returned with him to Australia.