Henry Anderson (footballer) explained

Henry Anderson
Fullname:Henry Edmund Anderson
Birth Date:23 May 1892
Birth Place:Ararat, Victoria
Death Place:Armadale, Victoria[1]
Originalteam:Kerang
Height:170 cm
Statsend:1913
Years1:1913
Games Goals1:6 (0)

Henry Edmund Anderson (23 May 1892 – 30 October 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

He later enlisted for service in World War I, serving in the 23rd and 65th Battalions before being transferred to the Employment Company.[3] Anderson was hospitalised several times and also went AWOL several times during his four years of service.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 25,032 . Victoria, Australia . 1 November 1926 . 1.
  2. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 21.
  3. Web site: Henry Edmund Anderson – Discovering Anzacs . National Archives of Australia.
  4. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war . 2015 . 111 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-992379-14-8.